Vegetables are already paid 14 times more expensive in the gondola than in its original price

From land to gondola, vegetable prices rise and, according to a survey, consumers pay up to 14 times more vegetables compared to the original value . According to a private report, the difference between the price paid to producers and that of the retail market increased by 1.3%.

A report from the Argentine Confederation of Medium Enterprises indicated that "the most abusive cases were in lemon, where the price multiplied by 14.1 times since he left the field of the producer; orange, with a multiplication of 11 times garlic and pear (7.9 times) and mandarin (7.6 times) ". On average, the consumer paid 5,28 times more gondola than the producer received at the door of his field for the products.

"For the 25 farm-animal products badyzed, the price difference between what the consumer paid in the gondola and what the producer received at the gate of his field in June was 5.28 times, 1, 3% more than in May This is the fourth consecutive month that this gap is increasing "the report continues.

Food inflation has accelerated in recent weeks as a result of the peso devaluation. A higher price of the dollar has a quick impact on the value of exportable products: as its sale abroad is more advantageous, prices for the domestic market feel the pressure.

On Tuesday, inflation will be known in June

. In part, Indec will release the Consumer Price Index (CPI) last month on Tuesday. The rise in the dollar over the past few months has had an impact on prices and, as a result, inflation is expected to be between 3 and 3.5% in June, according to private estimates.

The generalized trend has also been driven by the increase in transportation rates – the last of which has been updated – the increase in fuels and, basically, the transfer of the devaluation from May to the gondolas. In fact, underlying inflation, which does not take into account utilities or seasonal products, would show an acceleration of up to 3.5%, much higher than the 2, 7% of the previous month.

Anticipated inflation for the entire year has already increased to 30% levels. The annual target signed by the national government with the International Monetary Fund is 27%, although it has tolerance margins of up to 32%.