TIZIMÍN.- Although a increase in pork price For November, municipal market suppliers point out that the adjustment would finally last until Decemberso the rise will last a few more weeks.
At the moment, a kilo of pork sells for $120 in neighborhoods and peripheries of the city, while in the municipal market it reaches $130, although some stalls still offer it at $110 and even $100.
With the next increase, it is expected that the kilo rises between $5 and $10an estimate that for now remains for the end of the year.
Mario Alberto Canulmarket butcher reported that Umán supplierswhere a good part of the pork consumed in Tizimín comes from, have warned them that the increase is “inevitable” and that the cost of fattening feed has risenwhile production has decreased due to health problems in pigs.
“Every year the same thing happens, between December and January we get the adjustment, and we also have to modify the price to make it profitable,” he said.
Beef suffers from screwworm crisis
While the pork sector waits for the increase, the beef suppliers already suffered a considerable increase, due to the national problem related to the screwworm.
From October to date a kilo of beef rose to $180when just in September it remained at $160, and they already anticipate that could reach $200 per kilo in January due to the screwworm problem.
The increase in prices is especially worrying because during the traditional Kings Fair significantly increases the demand for beef to prepare the popular “chocolomo”a stew that is usually consumed within the framework of bullfighting festivities.
Once both the meat and the bones are made, they are sold separately and their price usually increases on those dates due to consumption.
It is in the bullfights and chats that take place in the bullring It is common for long lines to form at points of sale, where people wait to get their share of raw meatas well as radishes, cilantro and sour orangeessential ingredients for the sauce that accompanies the beef broth.