Potatoes showed a downward trend during December in Chile

Published 2023년 12월 29일

Tridge summary

Potato prices in wholesale markets have been steadily increasing, but a slight downward trend is now being observed, with prices in November 2023 being 9.3% higher than the previous month. In the retail market, prices are also showing a slight downward trend, with supermarket prices 62% higher than those at free markets. Planting intentions for the 2023/24 season indicate a 7.8% increase in planting area compared to the previous season, with an estimated 880 thousand tons of production.
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Potato prices in wholesale markets: after 4 months of increases, a downward trend is beginning to be observed. The monthly weighted average price of potatoes in wholesale markets in November 2023 was $31,003 per 25 kilo bag, value 9.3% higher compared to the previous month, and 166.2% higher compared to the same month in 2022 (table 1 and graph 1). In the analysis of the series of daily prices of the 25 kilo bag, a slight increase is observed in September 2022, which remained until the beginning of June 2023, where the slope of the increase increased sharply, going from $11,457 on June 1 , reaching $18,954 on July 18. Subsequently, a second significant rise is evident on November 16, where the maximum observed price of $35,797 is reached. From that date on, prices registered a decrease, ending the month of November at $20,933 (table 2 and graph 2). In the different wholesale terminals monitored by Odepa, it is observed in all regions that prices show a decrease in mid-September, ...

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