Prices of milk, eggs, oils and beans go up
SANTO DOMINGO. The complaints from the people are not just for the high prices of medicines, but also because of the prices for foods, some of which have gone up considerably since January. The greatest complaints are caused by products such as milk, and eggs, although also for cooking oils and pastas.
Nevertheless, at the present time, if you go to a "colmado" you have to pay between RD$6 and RD$7 today for one egg. The 30 egg carton was sold at the beginning of the year for between RD$200 and RD$204, so the per unit price was RD$6.60 and RD$6.80.
With the current prices, in the large supermarkets, the 30 unit carton varies between RD$210 and RD$230, depending on the type of egg and the brand and the supermarket. This increase represents a price hike of between RD$10 and RD$30 per carton.
These increases come at a time in which the 12 principle egg producers in Moca insist that there is an overproduction of eggs and that they have suffered huge losses.
In the case of liquid milk, a liter was sold for between RD$48 and RD$49 in supermarkets at the beginning of the year, and this month it reaches the consumer at between RD$53 and RD$54, but in corner stores (colmados) the liter has reached, in some cases, as much as RD$60.
Oils also went up. In January of this year a gallon of cooking oil was priced at RD$209 and RD$350 and this month the prices have reached between RD$340 and RD$360 in supermarkets. Pastas went from RD$26 to RD$28 and RD$29 a pound this month.
According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of April, prepared by the Central Bank, the variation in prices was 0.06%, with the inflation in the first four month at 1.91% and a yearly rate of 4.9%.
The products whose prices increased in April with respect to March were avocados (12.06%), limes (17.7%), fresh poultry (0.70%), red beans (3.44%), yucca (2.44%), rice (0.31%), oranges (0.31%) and pork meat (1.28%), all according to the Central Bank.
The foodstuffs that went down in price were plantains (-4.98%), onions (-17.84%), green bananas (-2.82%), green peppers (-4.99%) and tomatoes (-8.4%).
Products that went down in price
Although some products have gone up in price, others have begun to go down, such as the case of plantains, garlic, beans and even chickens.
Plantains, which reached as much as RD$22 each in colmados and RD$15 in supermarkets, are now available for between RD$5 and RD$15.
Imported garlic was sold in January at RD$140 a pound in the corner markets and is not at RD$105 and RD$125. And poultry (chicken) that was priced at between RD$50 and RD$55, is not selling at RD$48 a pound.
Nevertheless, at the present time, if you go to a "colmado" you have to pay between RD$6 and RD$7 today for one egg. The 30 egg carton was sold at the beginning of the year for between RD$200 and RD$204, so the per unit price was RD$6.60 and RD$6.80.
With the current prices, in the large supermarkets, the 30 unit carton varies between RD$210 and RD$230, depending on the type of egg and the brand and the supermarket. This increase represents a price hike of between RD$10 and RD$30 per carton.
These increases come at a time in which the 12 principle egg producers in Moca insist that there is an overproduction of eggs and that they have suffered huge losses.
In the case of liquid milk, a liter was sold for between RD$48 and RD$49 in supermarkets at the beginning of the year, and this month it reaches the consumer at between RD$53 and RD$54, but in corner stores (colmados) the liter has reached, in some cases, as much as RD$60.
Oils also went up. In January of this year a gallon of cooking oil was priced at RD$209 and RD$350 and this month the prices have reached between RD$340 and RD$360 in supermarkets. Pastas went from RD$26 to RD$28 and RD$29 a pound this month.
According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of April, prepared by the Central Bank, the variation in prices was 0.06%, with the inflation in the first four month at 1.91% and a yearly rate of 4.9%.
The products whose prices increased in April with respect to March were avocados (12.06%), limes (17.7%), fresh poultry (0.70%), red beans (3.44%), yucca (2.44%), rice (0.31%), oranges (0.31%) and pork meat (1.28%), all according to the Central Bank.
The foodstuffs that went down in price were plantains (-4.98%), onions (-17.84%), green bananas (-2.82%), green peppers (-4.99%) and tomatoes (-8.4%).
Products that went down in price
Although some products have gone up in price, others have begun to go down, such as the case of plantains, garlic, beans and even chickens.
Plantains, which reached as much as RD$22 each in colmados and RD$15 in supermarkets, are now available for between RD$5 and RD$15.
Imported garlic was sold in January at RD$140 a pound in the corner markets and is not at RD$105 and RD$125. And poultry (chicken) that was priced at between RD$50 and RD$55, is not selling at RD$48 a pound.
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