Potato price is unstable

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The price of potatoes is unstable, it can rise in the twinkling of an eye, as happened with the egg problem, due to avian influenza, which caused there not to be much product for sale. Thus, it is a luxury in these times to eat a papihuevo. taste these products that have had a price increase for reasons such as: winter season, landslides, among others, which hinder the free movement of merchandise. Likewise, the merchants of the potato sector, of the ‘Wholesale’ market, made known their reality about the daily sale that contributes to supplying the entire population.

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Namely. Julia Lliguin, a potato merchant, said that there is a variety of potatoes, such as: chola, fripapa, perichola, única, pear, uvilla, among others. “We sell wholesale and retail to different cities and we buy from suppliers in Carchi, because it is a very good product, like chola potatoes and pears, thick, because we have to deliver for salchipapa, and that’s why we bring from there, because Chimborazo potatoes are not thick; sometimes the price rise occurs in an instant, as for example in the winter season”.

Fact. Ángel Naula, a potato trader, emphasized: “the price of potatoes is unstable, but it does not stay with the high cost, rather it always returns to the normal price, when it rises it is up to 20 dollars and when it is scarce, the prices are up to 35 dollars ”. In addition, he indicated: “here in the province there is production, but it is also brought in from other parts because of the quality, it is that sometimes the authorities and farmers do not understand, the potato from the province, of course it is good, but there is not the quality to send a fast food company. The Chola potato from Carchi has quality, it is large and yellow in color, so those who process it want the large potato, because it yields more and the small ones are practically a waste.”

Details. The merchant explained that “the method of communication with the Carchi suppliers is by telephone, by WhatsApp and prices are coordinated, the state of the product and it arrives directly, ‘it’s just take it and go’. For the week, around 13,000 quintals are distributed throughout the section, that is how it is planned”. Similarly, Flor Pérez, a potato seller, said: “My best-selling product is the ‘Fripapa’ from the Licto sector, because it is of better quality and with greater demand, and this product is delivered to the best supermarkets, such as: Here, every week they take between 30 and 60 sacks, also to schools and colleges, places to eat, because it is the most special potato in the province and its price varies between 22 and 25 dollars, depending on the season; At work, I buy one hundred and twenty bags for sale”, assured the local merchant.

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