NewsWhore
06-30-2008, 05:30 PM
The trend for ever higher prices for basic foods continued throughout last week. Staples such as poultry, pork, eggs, refined sugar, pasta, plantains and bananas have been subject to more price hikes. Reporter Luis M. Cardenas found plantains at RD$10 each, ripe bananas at 3 x RD$5, and poultry for RD$40 a pound at Las Palmas market in Herrera. According to statements from local traders, refined sugar was up to RD$120 a bag, potatoes were up RD$8 from a week ago, but beans were stable at RD$24.50 a pound. They also reported that rice had increased in price, going from RD$1,350 per 125 lb. bag to RD$1,975 per bag for the superior quality of the staple. Similar pricing was found in Santo Domingo East and in barrios in northern parts Santo Domingo.
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