The price gap between the consumer and agricultural producer fell 5% in September

The price gap between the consumer and agricultural producer fell 5% in September

According to the CAME report, for the 24 agri-foods surveyed, consumers paid an average of 5.91 times more than what the producer charged (5.87 in July and 6.22 in August).

Meanwhile, the monthly drop in IPOD, if product seasonality is taken into account, was driven by a 13.5% increase in producer prices, while consumer prices rose 5.6% in stores local SMEs and 3.6% in hypermarkets.

The products with the greatest monthly drop in their gaps were: strawberry, with a drop of 30.5%, carrot (-26.9%), zucchini (-26%) and broccoli (-24.6%), and those of The biggest increases were round tomatoes (+ 50.8%) and cabbage (+ 13.8%).

The fruit-horticultural IPOD fell 4.5 percent in the month and the average gap was 6.7 times, while the livestock IPOD fell 7.9%, to 3 times.

The livestock IPOD was 55.4% lower than the fruit-horticultural IPOD, data that indicated a new widening of its gap compared to the previous month.

On the other hand, the producer’s share in the final price rose 1.2 percentage points in September, since it went from 25.2 percent to 26.4

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