9/4/2024
Prices of artisanal cheeses and chicken meat decreased during March 2024, while other products such as fruits increased
Artisanal cheeses, panela (a type of unrefined whole cane sugar), grains and cereals, and processed foods showed reductions of less than 10% in prices.
Higher prices were observed in fresh fruits, which have a greater weight in households' consumption basket.
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Bogotá D.C., abril de 2024 (@Minagricultura, @UPRAColombia, @claudialili76). The Agricultural Rural Planning Unit, UPRA, conducts an analysis of the figures reported by DANE's SIPSA to deliver the Bulletin of prices of agricultural products. During March 2024, a decrease in prices of products such as artisanal cheeses and chicken meats was observed.
Fresh fruits, which have a greater weight in the household consumption basket, reported higher prices. Figure 1 shows the behavior of some prices observed in the last weeks of February and March. Passion fruit, mandarins, mangoes, blackberries, tree tomatoes, oranges, and bananas become more expensive by more than 10%; pears, watermelons, lulo fruit, passion fruits, and pitahayas become cheaper.
"For March, no atypical movements are observed in the prices of foods that are not associated with crop cycle moments. However, despite the fact that prices of large food groups decreased in some reported weeks, prices were affected by the increases recorded in the accumulated month," said Claudia Cortés, director of UPRA.
Regarding vegetables, increases of more than 10% are recorded in the prices of red and spring onions, corn cobs, carrots, green beans in pods, and bell peppers; while decreases of more than 10% are observed in chonto, long-life, and bumangue tomatoes, green peas in pods, white onions, string beans, and beets.
