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Alert for a sharp rise in fruit and vegetable prices in summer

Alert for a sharp rise in fruit and vegetable prices in summer

The economist explained: “Not only has the drought and frost harmed our country, but it has also been a problem in the region from where we import seasonal vegetables and fruits.”

Consequently, he considered: “We have two drawbacks: the price in dollars of those products that we import has become more expensive and, on the other hand, we do not have the dollars to give them to importers.”

Based on this scenario, he indicated: “Some will not directly access the exchange market and others will import at the exchange rate in the parallel market in the financial market, making the price of the seasonal fruits and vegetables that we import more expensive and also observing much lower gondola prices. variety than usual.

As revealed by Focus Market, there are products such as bananas imported from Ecuador that accumulated a year-on-year rise of 136% or pineapples that increased by 161% and increases of 100% were also observed in kiwi and avocados that come from Chile and 225% in watermelons that comes from Brazil.

The report is based on projections of how the reserves and the availability of dollars will be for the coming months.

Focus Market noted that there are pending settlements for US$ 8,000 million and that the drought and frosts caused losses in the wheat and barley campaigns, in this case according to CREA estimates.

Source: Ambito

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