How are the deliveries in the regions most affected by the checkpoints?

This week marks over 20 days since the restart protests throughout the country, resulting in more than 50 deaths, millions of salts in the form of economic losses and shortages in various regions due to road closures.

The situation mainly affects the southern part of the country, in regions such as Arequipa, Cusco and Madre de Dios. The executive director of the Association of Guilds of Agricultural Producers of Peru (AGAP), Gabriel Amaro, notes that about 90% of the production of small farmers was spoiled and did not reach the markets due to the blockade.

“In all the Pan American Sura, which goes from Ica to Arequipa and connects you to the mountain regions, the truth is that production does not reach markets more important. Due to the downtime, which has been going on for more than five days, 90% of production fails during this time,” he told RPP Noticias.

Amaro warns that among the products most affected are corn, potatoes, onions, carrots and claims that every day of the blockade will lead to a further increase in food prices.

“For example, today corn costs 2.50 or 2.60, two months ago it cost you one sol,” Amaro added.

Due to these blockades, chicken shortages were reported in Arequipa, while in Madre de Dios they had to start transporting products by air, limiting the purchase to a maximum of six kilograms of product per person, but with prices that have been adjusted to a basic level. basket, according to the regional department of agriculture.

However, in Ukayali traders warn that prices for various products are now as much as twice as high.

“Products cannot be sold because they arrive a little spoiled, and this applies to all houses in Ucayali. Last year tomatoes cost 3.50 and now they pay 6 sols, 7 sols per kilo, onions cost 2 sols per kilo, now it’s 6 sols. Everything, vegetables are expensive,” said Rigoberto Ipari, a vendor at the Rumbo al Desarrollo market in Pucallpa.

Not only is there a lack of food, but also a low level of income. fuel in the southern regions. The Peruvian Society of Hydrocarbons (SPH) reports that Madre de Dios is already short of all fuels.

Meanwhile, in Cusco and Arequipa, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplies are about to run out, despite having enough to transport, says SPH President Felipe Cantuarias.

“Arequipa He only has stock until Wednesday, Thursday. If it is closed again and trucks are not allowed through, LPG stocks will run out on Thursday, and in the case of Cusco, if there is no supply, on Friday (no more gas). In the case of Tacna and Moquegua, the distribution was, there should be no problems. where there are very serious problems, it is in Puno and Madre de Dios, where the stocks have already broken down, there has been no liquefied petroleum gas for several days, ”explained Cantuarias.

The union president warns that this situation will force the families of Puno and Cusco to use wood for cooking, since these regions also lack natural gas connections despite being so close to Camisea, the most important supply of this fuel. .

Recent reports indicate that in Puno gas ball 10 kg costs 75 sols and in Cusco it sells for up to 65 sols, while in Puerto Maldonado the preparation of LPG costs up to 180 sols and 2 liters of 84 octane gasoline sells for 40 sols.

In Lima, things are different, as fuel supplies are regular and the price of LPG or other fuels should not go up.

“In regions where there is a normal supply, the price has not risen, in fact there has been a downward trend, given the situation of raw materials in the international market, the problem is that since there are people who take advantage of this circumstance to raise the price”, accurate.

Considering foodIn the capital, there is evidence of a reduction in the receipt of products for armored personnel carriers, but the impact is less than in the southern regions. This Monday alone, the supply of basic food products fell by 6.7%, while fruit revenues fell by 12%.