According to him Price Index at Origin and Destination (IPOD) prepared by the Regional Economies sector of the Argentine Confederation of Medium Enterprises (CAME), In September the prices of agri-food multiplied by 3.7 times from the field (origin) to the shelf (destination). That is, the consumer paid $3.7 for every $1 the producer received.
On average, producer participation explained 23.6% of final sales prices. The largest participation was for strawberry producers (52.5%), while the smallest was for lemon producers (8.6%).
Another measurement indicated that from the field to the gondola, The prices of the 19 fruits and vegetables that make up the IPOD basket multiplied by 5.1 times in September. For his part, heFor the five livestock products and by-products that make up the IPOD basket, the consumer paid 3.2 times more than what the producer received.
Lemon (11.6 times), carrot (8.8), red apple (7.8), zucchini (7.8) and onion (7.2 times) They were the five products that presented the greatest difference between origin and destination prices.
For the sixth consecutive month, lemon was the agri-food with the greatest gap between the producer and the consumer. Their prices increased 17% at destination –due to readjustment that accompanies inflation–, while at origin they had an increase of 10.5%, due to the proximity to the end of the harvest (lower volume), not matching the general price variation recorded in the month.
With respect to For carrots, their prices rose both to the producer (5.3%) and to the consumer (10.2%). Red apples – due to higher costs in cold storage rooms – and onions – due to lack of price validation by the consumer – also showed an increase in prices of origin (5% and 4.6%) and destination ( 18.4% and 5%), respectively.
Another was the case of zucchiniwhere A monthly increase of 3.1% was observed at origin, while at gondola there was a decrease of 3.6%. “Among the products that presented the smallest difference between the price received by the producer and that paid by the consumer are two of animal origin and three fruit and vegetable products,” CAME indicated.
In the case of eggs (2 times) and chicken (2.4), which generally have integrated production systems, all actors in their respective value chains are part of the business risk. While chicken increased 14.1% to the producer and 3.7% to the consumer, eggs registered an increase of 4.5% at origin, while a drop of 3.6% was observed at destination. Both products suffered the effects of different economic measures (corn dollar, among others), which increased production costs. However, the rearrangement of prices on the shelf had already been seen in previous months.
For its part, potatoes and pumpkin, both with a field-gondola gap of 2.9 times, had the same behavior at destination: their prices rose 2.2% and 5%, respectively. What happened originally was different, since potatoes decreased 0.2% and pumpkin increased 2.7%.
To end, Strawberry (1.9 times), whose prices decreased both at origin (24.3%) and at destination (13.5%), was the only fruit that was among the products with the smallest IPOD gaps in the month of September. According to the producers, the drop in price is due to the increase in supply from the province of Buenos Aires (full season).
Source: Ambito
