Chicken price reaches S/13.9 in markets

The price of chicken has increased by more than 8% so far in April. In the first fortnight it was sold in less than S/12.5 per kilogram and from the third week it exceeds S/13 per kilo in retail establishments of Metropolitan Limaaccording to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (midagri).

The meat of this bird reached S/13.90 yesterday the kilogram in the San José de Jesús María market; while it was sold for S/13 in the market n° 3 of Breña, as well as in the San Sebastián and Primero de Junio ​​markets of Pueblo Libre. The merchants indicated that in previous days the price was S/12.5 per kg, according to La República.

He egg It is another of the products that has registered a notable increase in recent days: it ranges between S/11 and S/11.5 per kg in the markets of the capital.

In the case of vegetables, tomatoes are sold between S/6 and S/7, which means an increase of S/1 per kg compared to the prices of the previous week.

In the case of celeryanother product that has become more expensive, the unit reaches S / 4.

come down to sight

Given the rise, the owner of Midagri, Nelly Paredes, stated that the price of chicken would fall to S/11 or S/12 from next week.

The official explained that the companies bought several lots of fertile eggssince the population of chickens was reduced due to avian flu, the same ones that have already hatched and have balanced the supply, so these chickens “will go on the market from Monday (May 1)”.

Data

Wholesale. The maximum wholesale price for chicken was S/9.10 per kilogram, while the egg was sold at S/9.85 per kilogram at most.

Volume. 1,609 tons of chicken were sold yesterday, 18.7% higher than last week.

Accumulated. 43,198 tons of chicken were sold in April.