translated from Spanish: 100 pesos a kilo of onion!

Fleeting lovers tremble: in the half-morning greengrocers, a kilo of onion is priced between $70 and $100. Climbing has to do with the lack of local production, which forces traders to bring the vegetable from the south of the Province of Buenos Aires.Consequently, freight rates and the “opportunity cost” that the Bonaerense producers have , who –Argentine devaluation by means of – prefer to place their onions in the Brazilian market.
“The price is high but will go down” (Omar Carrasco, Unión Frutihortícola de Mendoza).

Earlier this week, a bag of this product – containing 18 kg – reached $1000 pesos. “The price is high but started to go down. Each bag cost a thousand pesos, however it entered Buenos Aires onion and we went to $750 or $800. Newer ones were marketed at $650,” said Omar Carrasco, president of the Mendoza Frutihortícola Union.Waiting for the santiagueña onion
 
The greengrocers believe that the amounts will fall even more when you enter the onion that is produced in Santiago del Estero. “There is no more production from Mendoza, so we will have to keep bringing from other provinces,” Carrasco said.At fairs, some traders have that with successive dollar rises you see foreign trucks loading their docks at convenient prices . They then return to their home countries and sell the products with great advantage because of the exchange rate difference. After the santiagueña onion, you will arrive the San Juan onion, which will lower the prices even more. Meanwhile, Mendoza cooks will save tears: they will have to cut other vegetables when preparing their meals. In this note:
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