According to a new survey of Free Consumers in supermarkets and neighborhood businesses, The Basic Food Basket of the City of Buenos Aires increased by 4.39% in the first half of April.
Thus, the variation remained in a single figureconfirming the trend of April, when monthly inflation was 9.16%. Since January 1, the accumulated increases reach 57.16%.
The entity’s report It is carried out with the analysis of 21 productswhich make up three specific items: Warehouse, Meats and Fruits and Vegetables.
It was precisely the latter Not only the one with the most increases suffered in the initial 15 days of the month, of 8.62% averagebut also the one with the most increases so far in 2024: 94,3%.
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Product by product: how much the food basket increased in the first half of April
The survey of the Limited Cooperative for the Provision of Community Action Services showed that the biggest jump in terms of warehouse products was made by Wheat Flourmore than 12% of increments, which brought its value per kilogram to $1690when the previous month it was selling for $1500.
Besides, Rice is another food that has experienced a notable increasewith an iCumulative increase of more than 100% in four and a half months. In March a price of $3100 had been recorded, but at the beginning of April it already reached $3400.
Specifically, the list with the warehouse products that reveal Free Consumers It is made up of:
Sunflower Cooking Oil, 1 ½ liter: from $3600 to $3700, +2.78%
Arroz Fine Wheat 1kg: from $3100 to $3400, +9.68%
Ledesma Sugar 1kg: from $2100 to $2100, without variation
Stewed Noodles 500 grs: from $2200 to $2200, without variation
Wheat Flour 1kg: from $1500 to $1690, +12.67%
Dozen Color Eggs: from $3400 to $3600, +5.88%
Pan Fresco 1kg: from $2300 to $2300, without variation
Milk with Fortified Vitamin Ltro: from $1890 to $1980, +4.76%
Taragui Herb 1 kg: from $4950 to $5300, +7.07%
Total Warehouse: The sum of the mentioned products went from $25,040 to $26,270, 4.91% more than at the beginning of the month and 59.79% more than at the beginning of the year.
For its part, among fruits and vegetables, The eggplants climbed more than 40% in the last fortnight.
Carrots x kg: from $1100 to $1000, -9.09%
Eggplants x kg: from $2200 to $3100, +40.91%
Tomate Perita x kg: from $2300 to $2300, without variation
Onion x kg: from $1150 to $1400, +21.74%
Black Potato x kg: from $990 to $950, -4.04%
Chard Package: from $1990 to $1990, without variation
Weighed x kg: from $1900 to $2000, +5.26%
Apple x kg: from $2400 to $2500, +4.17%
Total Fruits and Vegetables: The sum of the mentioned products went from $14,030 to $15,240, 8.62% more than at the beginning of the month and 94.39% more than at the beginning of the year.
As to the four cuts of meat (loin ball, roast, shoulder and common minced meat) that are monitored by the entity, the largest increase was for the bite, which went from $5,200 to $5,400.
Lomo ball x kg: from $8500 to $8600, +1.18%
Asado x kg: from $7600 to $7700, +1.32%
Pallet x kg: from $7800 to $7950, +1.92%
Common Minced Meat x kg: from $5200 to $5400, +3.85%
Total Carnes: The sum of the mentioned products went from $29,100 to $29,650, 1.89% more than at the beginning of the month and 41.19% more than at the beginning of the year.
In this way, and considering all the data recorded by Free Consumersthe general total of the basket of these 21 products It went from $68,710 to $71,160, an increase of 4.39% biweekly. So far in 2024, the variation reaches 57,16%.