The drop in lemon production in Mexico impacts its price
Fresh Lemon
Mexico
Published Jan 19, 2022
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There are multifactorial reasons for the increases in the prices of foods such as lemons: falls in production, logistics for sale, and abuses by final sellers. “The main issue is the collector. We have detected in the last quarter that some of these increases are not from the producer. There are many supermarkets and stores that seek to give it extra value,” said the president of the Jalisco Agrifood Councils, Jacobo Efraín Cabrera, who estimates that the cost of citrus will drop in February. In the metropolis, the lemon is sold between 45 and 99 pesos per kilo, on average, in municipal markets and supermarkets, while the serrano chili is close to 100 pesos. Cabrera recalls that the Tierra Caliente area, located in Michoacán, at the end of 2021 suffered a 46% drop in its production due to low temperatures, which affected its flowering. Tapatíos pay up to $100 for a kilo of lemon or chili. This caused the prices of other products to also skyrocket since the workforce in agriculture migrated to other productions, such as avocado, chili peppers, and berries.
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There are multifactorial reasons for the increases in the prices of foods such as lemons: falls in production, logistics for sale, and abuses by final sellers. “The main issue is the collector. We have detected in the last quarter that some of these increases are not from the producer. There are many supermarkets and stores that seek to give it extra value," said the president of the Jalisco Agro-Food Councils, Jacobo Efraín Cabrera, who estimates that the cost of citrus will drop in February. In the metropolis, the lemon is sold between 45 and 99 pesos per kilo, on average, in municipal markets and supermarkets, while the serrano chili is close to 100 pesos. Cabrera recalls that the Tierra Caliente area, located in Michoacán, at the end of 2021 suffered a 46% drop in its production due to low temperatures, which affected its flowering. Tapatíos pay up to $100 for a kilo of lemon or chili This caused the prices of other products to also skyrocket, since the workforce in ...
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