This year’s school campaign could represent 20% of the annual sale of mypes, when in previous years it was 30%, according to the CCL. The value of the school basket will have an increase of between 30% to 40%compared to the pre-pandemic, due to the effects of the social upheaval in the country, the increase […]
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School supplies increase in price between 20% and 30%
Arequipa. The Republic toured some fairs where merchants attribute an adjustment to the exchange rate and an increase in transportation freight. In this note we give you guidelines and recommendations to choose a good and cheap product. A few days separate schoolchildren from the country to return to classrooms this school year 2023. The Ministry […]
Arequipa: a dozen notebooks cost between 30 and 40 soles at the school fair
School supply merchants that were affected by the start of the COVID-19 pandemic expect to sell in this campaign the merchandise that was stored after the start of virtual classes. Some of these merchants are at the school fair at the Melgar stadium in Arequipa. The fair started this Wednesday and will run until mid-April, […]
Arequipa: merchants reject speculation on prices of school supplies
Arequipa. Before the next return to face-to-face classes, some merchants have begun to speculate about a possible increase in the price of school supplies. In some cases, city bookstores have already considerably raised the cost of the products in the school basket. The merchants of the Los Reyes Fair, located on the south side of […]
Prices of school supplies rise between 30% and 40%
The value of the supply baskets increased by an average of between 30% and 40% in the school campaign in Mesa Redonda. This as a result of the increase in the cost of imports, according to Román Nazario, vice president of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs and Merchants of the wholesale center. In this way, the […]
Imports of school supplies grew 65%, but have not yet reached pre-pandemic levels
The Foreign Trade Research and Development Institute of the Lima Chamber of Commerce (Idexcam) reported that between August and December 2021 the importation of school supplies reached US$8,800,000, which represents a growth of 65% compared to the same period in 2020 (US$5,400,000). Nevertheless, If we compare with 2019, we observe that the US$ 18,500,000 reported […]