Antigua and Barbuda: The consumer paid for garlic in October at € 5.76 / kg and the producer received € 0.64

The price of garlic at source averaged 0.64 euros per kilo during the month of October; however, the consumer paid 5.76 euros for this product. This means that at destination the value was multiplied by 9 with respect to what was paid to the producer (which is equivalent to a percentage increase of 800%), according to the Price Index at Food Origin and Destination (IPOD) for the month of October prepared by the COAG organization. Last month great contrasts were also observed in the case of onions, which originally averaged 0.15 euros per kilo; however, the consumer paid 1.20 euros for this product. This means that at destination the value was multiplied by 8 with respect to what was paid to the producer. Another of the agricultural products that COAG highlighted was table olives: at origin it was an average of 0.70 euros / kilo, while the consumer paid 5.24 euros for this product. Watermelon, meanwhile, multiplied by 7.13 between origin and destination (from 0.15 euros / kilo for ...