With information from URPI-LR
This Monday, July 17, a total of 1,805 tons of gutted chicken In Metropolitan Lima, the volume is slightly lower compared to the 1,837 tons registered on the same day last week, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (midagri).
The wholesale price of this bird’s meat was S/7.12 per kg for 22 consecutive days, while the retail price was S/10.51 per kg on average.
As found The Republic in some retail establishments, the price of chicken ranged between S/8.50 and S/10.50 per kg. For example, in the Aurora market, in Cercado de Lima, it was sold between S/10 and S/10.50, while in the Risso II market, in Lince, it remains at S/9.80. For its part, in the Conzac market, in San Martín de Porres, and Lobatón, in Jesús María, it was sold at S/8.50 per kg.
On the other hand, the wholesale price of the egg was S/9.09 per kg. In the capital’s retail markets, it was sold between S/10 and S/10.50.
Wholesale market recovered supplies
The Great Wholesale Market of Lima (GMML) recovered its supply this Monday, July 17, after the merchant strike over the weekend and 7,025 tons of food entered, which is 31.6% more than the volume registered in the last four Mondays. .
Only in potatoes, the entry of 1,487 tons was registered, whose volume represents 72.4% higher than the average of the last four Mondays.
According to Midagri, tubers registered a 30.9% decrease in their wholesale price today, among them, white potatoes are the product that have contributed the most to this reduction. Likewise, the cost of vegetables fell by 10.8% and legumes by 47.5%, among these, the American green pea is the one that has contributed the most to this decline.
In retail centers, The Republic found that lemon was sold between S/4 and S/7 per kg; sweet potato between S/2.50 and S/3 per kg; onion between S/3 and S/7 per kg; the tomato between S/3 and S/6 per kg, and, finally, the pea between S/4 and S/8 per kg.
Source: Larepublica
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