The fruit and vegetable price gap in Argentina is growing

Published 2021년 5월 10일

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In April, the Argentine Chamber of Medium Enterprises (CAME) conducted a survey finding a significant gap between the consumer price and the amount paid to producers for the 24 main agricultural products, with consumers paying on average 4.67 times more. This gap widened by 8.7% from March, shrinking producers' share to 28.1% of the total price. The increase in consumer costs was largely balanced by a decrease in producer disbursements. Notably, the prices of several products fluctuated greatly, with orange and lemon prices surging by 86.5% and 83.3% respectively, while tomato and mandarin prices dropped by 13.4%. The product with the highest price multiplication since leaving the field was carrots, where consumers paid 14.3 times the amount received by producers.

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Consumers of the 24 main agricultural products paid in April an average of 4.67 times more than what their producers received, which represented an increase of 8.7% compared to March, while the producer's share in the final price it fell to 28.1% compared to the previous month, according to a survey by the Argentine Chamber of Medium Enterprises (CAME). The difference was mainly driven by a 3.74% drop in producer disbursements, while consumer costs had a 1.63% rise in local SMEs and a 0.44% drop in hypermarkets. The products with the highest monthly price increase were orange, with an increase of 86.5%, lemon (+ 83.3%), cabbage (+ 23.3%) and carrot (+ 22.5% ), while those with the greatest drops were tomato and mandarin (both fell 13.4%), and pumpkin (-11.5%). The data comes from the Price Index at Origin and Destination (IPOD) prepared by CAME based on daily online prices of the main supermarkets in the country, more than 700 prices of greengrocers and markets for each product, ...

Source: Mdzol