Lemon has been, in recent weeks, the product of the basic family basket that has risen the most in price. Between August 2 and September 4, its value has increased by more than S/7.50 per kilogram, which represents an increase of up to more than 167% in the Great Wholesale Market of Lima. In this […]
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It is also increasing! Lime price rises after being used as an alternative to lemon
Several products in the family basket have increased in price in recent weeks. The most worrying scenario is the case of lemons, which are costing up to S/20 per kilo. In this regard, the president of the Association of United Markets in Ica, Miguel Tito, told RPP News that the lime is also on the […]
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 […]
Lemon and onion prices will continue to rise in August
More blows to the home economy. Peruvians will have to spend more to consume two important products of the basic basket, such as lemon and onion, which, during August, will continue with high prices, warned the president of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP), Julio Velarde. As La República announced, the price of lemon […]
Food prices will moderate in the coming months
Food prices have played a determining role in the behavior of inflation in recent months, remaining in double-digit values. In the past month, the annual inflation rate for food and beverages reached 10.31%, almost double the general inflation rate that stood at 5.88% in Metropolitan Lima. Despite this, it was lower than the 12.89% registered […]
Inflation 2023: what are the products that rose and fell in price the most in June?
The inflation of the last 12 months in Lime Metropolitan reached 6.46% in June 2023, a slight drop of 0.15% that places it as the lowest in 18 months (since February 2022), according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics. (INEI). According to said report, the price decrease was registered in the following consumer […]
FAO: wholesale food prices are not transferred
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) revealed that the relative fall in international prices of primary foods has not been able to translate, in its entirety, into a decrease in prices at the retail level of domestic markets , suggesting that cost of living pressures could persist into 2023. In his […]
INEI: inflation to May fell to 7.89% in Lima, the lowest in 14 months
Annual inflation to May fell to 7.89% in Metropolitan Lima, the lowest in 14 months, while only in May it reached 0.32%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). Thus, in the fifth month of the year accumulates 2.67% of this indicator. Despite the setback, reaching the target range is unlikely and […]
Mariana Escobar: “The map of food insecurity in Peru is varied: it is urban and rural”
Peru is the South American country with the highest rate of food insecurity. In 2022, 16.6 million Peruvians were in this condition. Mariana Escobar, representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Peru, tells us about it. The outlook is not encouraging. What are the forecasts for this year of […]
Emolienteros evaluate increasing the price of the traditional drink and demand support from the Government
Due to the rise in prices of the basic family basket, the emollienteros evaluate increasing the price of the glass of this traditional drink at S/2.00. This was confirmed by Edgar Sáenz, president of the National Federation of Emolienteros and Allied of Peru (Fentep). In an interview with RPP, the leader argued that the prices […]