Wholesale chicken price drops to less than S/6 per kilogram due to drop in corn price

With information from URPI-LR

He chicken wholesale price dropped to S/5.57 per kilogram for the second consecutive day this Monday, August 28, while, in the retail markets, it was sold at S/9.19 per kilo on average, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (midagri).

Indeed, as found The Republicin the Villa Jardín Market in the district of saint Louis, the chicken was sold for S/9.90 per kg, while in the Royal supermarket of this same commune, it was offered for S/9 per kg. This same price was also observed in the Ramón Castilla Market in the Lima fence. In the Huamantanga market of Stone bridgethe value of the meat of this bird reached S/10 per kg.

Likewise, the price of chicken eggs ranged between S/9 and S/10.5 per kg.

According to Midagri, the decrease in the price of chicken is due to the fact that the demand these days has decreased, as well as the downward trend in the prices of hard yellow corn, an important input in poultry feed in the international market. It should be noted that the CIF import price of the commodity in August reached US$248.1 per ton, a figure 26.4% lower than in July of this year when it was registered at US$271.9 per ton.

The price of lemon remains high

On the other hand, the price of the lemon continues high in the markets of the capital. Thus, it was sold between S/9 and S/14 per kg this Monday, while the onion reached a maximum of S/9 and a minimum of S/5 per kg.

It is important to mention that, regarding the supply of vegetable products in the Great Wholesale Market of Lima, a total income of 5,399 tons of products was recorded, a figure slightly lower by 1.7% compared to the average of the last four Mondays. . Likewise, the entry of 817 tons of potatoes was registered.