Average retail price of chicken in Peru rises and approaches S / 10 per kilogram

(Agraria.pe) The average price of chicken in the retail markets of Metropolitan Lima was S / 9.18 per kilogram on the 4th of this month, according to information from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri). In fact, since the middle of last month, it began to increase every day until reaching a price similar to that of July this year. In some markets of the capital, the price is approaching S / 10 per kilo and in the Bolívar market (Pueblo Libre), it has even already exceeded it (S / 10.03 per kilogram). The lower availability of chicken added to the gradual recovery that domestic demand has been experiencing in the last four months is causing increases in the price of this bird in some retail markets of Metropolitan Lima, according to Minagri. "So far in November, the price of live chicken (wholesale) reached S / 6.45 per kilogram, likewise, the average consumer price of this gutted bird rose to S / 9.13 per kilogram. Given this situation, it is preferable to look ...