Lemon price TODAY September 3: find out how much the kilo costs in each region of Peru

The price of lemon continues to increase in the regions of the Peru. This situation is reflected daily in the markets wholesalers and retailers, where the buyers they spend more, but buy less this Citric fruitwhich is widely used in Peruvian gastronomy. For now, there are no indicators that the cost of lemon decreases, so much so that the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) reported that it will remain elevated until December 2023.

In the different regions there is a climate of uncertainty due to this problem, which worries the families whatand have lower income.

What is the price of a kilo of lemon in regions?

He worth of the quoted citric in markets in different regions is the following:

• Lemon price in Arequipa: the kilo is sold at S/20, when a month ago it was S/5. In the case of the Tahiti lemon (sweet variety) it is sold between S/15 to S/20, depending on the size.
• Lemon price in Lima: the kilo is sold at S/15 despite the fact that two weeks ago it cost S/9.
• Lemon price in Junin: the kilo costs S/18 and only a month and a half ago it was sold between S/5 to S/10.
• Lemon price in Ancash: the kilo costs S/11 and not S/5, as was offered more than a month ago.
• Lemon price in Ayacucho: the kilo is sold at S/17, as opposed to S/8 two weeks ago.
• Lemon price in Madre de Dios: the kilo is S / 7 in wholesale markets, unlike S / 3 two weeks ago.
• Lemon wreck in Tacna: the kilo is sold at S/10; however, until July it cost S/5.
• Lemon price in Tumbes: the kilo of the product is sold at S/10, as opposed to the S/2.58 that it cost a few weeks ago.
• Lemon price in Puno: the kilo of the fruit is sold at S/17, which means an increase of up to S/10 soles.
• Lemon price in Cusco: the kilo is sold at S/10, as opposed to S/5, as it was sold in July.
• Lemon price in Apurímac: the kilo is sold between S/12 and S/14; however, its price was S/5 a month ago.
• Lemon price in Piura: In this region, the 25-unit sheet is sold at S/15 and S/20, unlike S/7, as it was offered a week ago.
• Lemon price in La Libertad: the unit costs S/1, while two weeks ago four units were bought for the same price. Meanwhile, a hundred lemons are offered at S/60.
• Lemon price in Lambayeque: the unit is sold for S/1, but two months ago, 25 units were purchased for that value.
• Lemon price in cajamarca: the unit is offered for S/1, however, two weeks ago, for the same price, up to five lemons could be purchased.
• Lemon price in Tarapoto: the sack of lemons rose to S/800, while the kilo costs S/15 and the unit costs S/1.

Why did the lemon go up?

For his part, the leader of the Saint Lawrence Valleyin Piura, Elmer Viera, emphasized that the intense rainy that were registered in 2023 caused the little flowering of the plants, which triggered the little production of the lemon in the different cultivated fields of the regions of Loreto, Tumbes, Ucayali, Piura and Lambayeque.

By what percentage did the lemon go up?

The Economist Bagner Salazar explained to La República that the percentage rate of lemon price increased by 500% compared to 200% registered two months ago. In this regard, he said that the situation could worsen in the following days and, with this, the impact on the basic food basket would be greater. He mentioned that the high cost of lemon generate inflation in the country.

What are the causes of the increase in the price of lemon?

“The problem is that there is no flowering. The lemon you have to prepare it from April; the rainy that we endured that month they knocked down the flower, now there is shortage”explained Alejandro López, a farmer from Chulucanas, in Piura.

Another factor that triggered the production shortfall of the citrus fruit is the anomalous climate due to the El Niño phenomenonwhich originates pests mite, red spider and leafminer, as well as the lack of water, explained the lemon producer Vladimir Chávez Gallardo.

What is the impact of the lemon price increase on the economy?

The economist Bagner Salazar specified that the increase in the price of lemon generates inflationwhich causes more poverty in Peru. “Low-income families are the main ones affected”warned the specialist.

He also noted that in the agricultural sectorthe low production of lemon could lead to less economic revenue farmerand it is the resellers (intermediaries) who benefit.