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Prices of vegetables and fruits increase due to blockades in Guatemala
Guatemala is one of the main suppliers of fruits and vegetables to El Salvador, due to the protests and the crisis it is experiencing in recent weeks, salvadoran exports from the neighboring country are experiencing delays.
Consumer prices of seafood, oils, fruits, fertilizers and fuels increased 0.79% as of february 2022
The Dirección General de Estadísticas y Censos (DIGESTYC), states in its Índice de Precios al Consumidor (IPC) report, in february 2022 was 120.3, registering an increase of 0.79%, said variation is 0.17 percentage points higher with respect to the result of january 2022.
Prices of fruits and vegetables remain on the rise
In the Santa Tecla market, fruit and vegetable merchants have stated that pineapples, oranges, lemons and cucumbers have experienced an increase in their prices, something that affects the pocket of sellers.
Fruits and vegetables have suffered price increases during the month of november 2021
El Salvador is going through a period of increases in some foods of the basic food basket, for example in the case of fruits and vegetables. In the case of tomato for cooking in june 2021 the unit cost US$0.10, now the value of the fruit has increased to US$0.16, the cost of a hundred of this fruit is now around US$35.00, being a factor that is affecting the pocket of salvadorans.