Why is avocado so expensive in Colombia? Price increased more than 60% in the last year

Norberto Pérez makes a living selling fruits and vegetables in Támesis, Antioquia, but for several days he decided not to sell avocados in his awning anymore, because people were not buying them due to their high prices. This behavior began to be seen in several businesses in the municipality. And those who still resist have noticed the decrease in sales of this fruit. “It is unbuyable, it is already a luxury to eat it,” says Don Pacho, another Antioquia merchant. But this situation does not only occur in that municipality in the Southwest of Antioquia. Although food ceased to be the item that contributed the most to inflation in Colombia for more than a year (it had an annual increase of 1.89% in February), throughout the country there has been a strong increase in the value of avocado, both Hass and the Papelillo or Lorena variety. According to data from the Dane Agricultural Sector Price and Supply System (Sipsa), in the Wholesale Central of Antioquia the Hass avocado went from ...