The Fair Prices for Meat program is renewed on Saturday 1st April with a 3.2% increase in prices of the seven cuts of mass consumption that make up that basket: roast, buttock, matambre, empty, brisket, shoulder and roast cover.
With that 3.2% increasehow are the new values:
- Buttock: has increased by $44that is, that the kilo will go from $1,375 to $1,419
- Roast: Upload some $33.12i.e. the value will go from $1,035 to $1,068.12 per kilo
- Matambra: go out $41.92i.e. its value will go from $1,310 to $1,351.92 per kilo
- Empty: has increased by $43.23i.e. it will go from value $1,351 per kilo at $1,394.23
- Headstock: go out $35.62i.e. its marketing price will go from $1,113 to $1,148.62 per kilo
- roast lid: its price goes up $33.12that is, the one per kilo will go from $1,035 to $1,068.12
- Skirt: the cheapest cut goes up, $21.60namely, that its selling prices range from $675 to $696.60 per kilo
This is the first price update for these seven denominations since February 17, when the agreement was signed. Now, the program will run until June 30th.
Cuts at fair prices They are available in large supermarket chains. and the available monthly stock is 18,000 tons.
As in the first phase, the 10% refund on purchases will be maintained in butchers and convenience stores for payments with debit cards. The repayment limit in this case is $2,000 per month.
The government has imposed 770 fines amounting to $806 million on supermarkets and mass-consumer companies for various violations of the “Fair Prices” program.
In addition, the Secretary of Commerce together with the Undersecretary of Consumer Defense of the Municipality of San Martín, They carried out an inspection operation in a hypermarket.
the price of meat
Meat was up 25% in February, according to consultancy EcoGo, and it expects another 17% increase for March. Another survey, from the Argentine Center for Political Economy (CEPA), pointed out that in February it increased by 29%.
The increase in meat in February was the largest for a month since 2020. The report, released weeks ago, specified that prices of different cuts of beef have increased by 76.8% in one year, below the general price increase in the economy, which stands at 101.3%.
Last month, food led the price hike. According to CEPA, in Feb The “intermediate cuts” were those that increased prices the most: 30.5%. The “expensive” and “cheap” cuts instead recorded an increase of 29.2% and 27.7% respectively.
The top increases over the past month have occurred in: large steak (34.2%), square (32.9%) and palette (32.1%).
NS
Source: Clarin
