Markets: How are prices performing in the midst of a rain emergency?

Last week shower They caused floods that damaged crops and disrupted roads in the north and center of the country, which prevented the transportation of various products.

Despite this, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) reported that the supply in the markets continues as usual and this Friday it is reported that more than 10 thousand tons of food have arrived.

When Large Wholesale Market of Lima obvious input of 7926 tons of products such as vegetables, vegetables and others, which is 8.1% more than last week.

According to Midagri, stocks of basic foodstuffs are between 90% and 100% and have been recovering in recent days. But what prices are being reported today?

At the wholesale level this Friday you will only see price increase in five products: purple garlic (S/ 5.25), kanchan potatoes (S/ 1.48), katia tomatoes (S/ 2.22), mountain beans (S/ 2.45) and red onions (S/ 1 ,13).

These products show a slight increase from S/0.08 to S/0.18 per kilogram, and compared to what was reported a week ago, there are also no big deviations.

One of the products that posted one of the biggest gains of the week was the lemon, which cost 8.70 S/ in the wholesale markets but has been declining in the last three days and is now around 3.67 S/ in the wholesale markets.

However, with lemon, and with other products, the situation is different. retail marketswhere they sell it for SGD 12 per kilo.

Prices for other products such as peas and carrots are also reportedly high in Lima. Peas cost about 14 shillings a kilogram, while they used to cost 6 shillings, and carrots have fallen in price from 3.50 shillings to 6 shillings.

In other regions

La Libertad reports that vegetable prices doubled after rainy. For example, the cost of celery rose from S/120 to S/185 per dozen, bunched parsley from S/10 to S/15, a kilo of broccoli from S/4 to S/7, and carrots from S///2. .50 to S/7. C/5.

In the case of Chiclayo, the lemon was mostly missing. markets, as the goods did not arrive due to interruptions in the roads. This caused the price to rise from S/2 to S/8, and in some cases the product cost S/1.

Another area where the price of lemons has risen is Arequipa, where they used to sell for between 3 and 4 shillings and now cost up to 10 shillings per kilo.

On the other hand, in piura Markets have reportedly been short of supplies this week due to issues manufacturers have experienced in moving their products.

“Vía Paccha, located in the Chulucanas area, is a producer of mango, algarrobina, lemon, onion and honey, and these products are transported to other departments, and these producers are suffering because we cannot move the products.” commented the RPP trader.

It should be noted that, according to Midagri, northern Peru provides 30.8% of Peru’s agricultural output and 14% of what Lima consumes.