Sky-Rocketing Food Prices a Crisis for Mexico Consumers, Impacts Venders Martin Barillas - Spero News
go to original May 7, 2013

Tomatoes are going for $5.77 per kilo in Mexico.

In Mexico, the price of tomatoes has sky-rocketed by 400 percent, while eggs (sold by weight) have risen by 20 percent. Tomatoes now cost almost 70 Mexican pesos (USD 5.77) per kilo in some Mexico City supermarkets, while they can still be had for 22 pesos (USD 1.81) per kilo at street-side stalls. This is according to a survey done by the  Chamber of Commerce of Small Business, Services and Tourism of Mexico City (CANACOPE). Enrique Guerrero of CANACOPE said on May 6 that the price of eggs, a staple in the diet of the poor, had risen by 20 percent since the beginning of this year, while there have been widespread increases in the price of vegetables of between 20 to 30 percent.
 
According to CANACOPE, the price of eggs is now between 34 and 40 pesos in grocery stores, but had been at 25 pesos earlier this year. The price had stabilized, following a spike of 60 pesos per kilo caused by an outbreak of avian influenza in the state of Jalisco. Producers were forced to destroy their eggs and thousands of chickens in order to prevent any further spread of the disease to animals and humans. Mexico resorted to importing eggs from the United States, adding to the price hike.

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