With information from Urpi
The price of chicken was located, this beginning of the week, at S / 10.47 per kilo in the retail markets of Metropolitan Lima, according to the latest Bulletin of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri). This represents an increase of 2.6% in relation to Friday. For its part, the pink egg, wholesale, was sold at S/8.96.
Along these lines, La República verified that, in the La Aurora market, the bird meat was located at S/11, with an increase of between 50 and 70 cents compared to last week, while the egg was sold at S /10.20, when the previous week its value was S/10.50. Meanwhile, in the market No. 3 and El Limoncillo, the cost of the key food of the basic basket remained between S/10.30 and S/10.50, respectively, and the egg between S/9.80 at S/10 per kilo.
It is important to note that Alex Contreras, head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), reported that by the end of June inflation is expected to have its maximum reduction in 12 months and drop more than one point. Likewise, last Saturday, the MEF also transferred S/120 million to the Social Energy Inclusion Fund (FISE) with the aim of expanding the discount voucher for the acquisition of LPG cylinders of up to 10 kg from S/25 to S/ 50 for three months.
“Families are going to have S/100 more in total, so that these resources can be freed up to purchase other important goods, such as chicken, lentils or other important proteins that, due to the increase in prices , according to the latest INEI statistics, protein consumption had been reduced”, indicated Contreras.
Source: Larepublica
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