WARRIOR. The floor charge to lemon producers in Michoacán affects service providers in Guerrero, who have to pay up to double for citrus, said the president of the National Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Services (CanacoServitur) in Acapulco, Alejandro Martínez sydney.
The representative of the businessmen of the port commented that as of this week the cost of the lemon increased up to double, for which the price of the sack of citrus goes from 400 to 600 pesos, of which they previously paid 300 pesos.
“Restaurants have to endure and cannot increase the price of their dishes. The one who loses is the businessman,” lamented Martínez Sídney.
In Michoacán, some lemon producers had to give in to threats from organized crime and accept an increase in the floor charge from 20 cents to one peso per kilo of the harvested citrus, which implied a crisis in production and an increase in the price. that impacted nationally.
The general director of Grupo Consultor de Mercados Agrícolas (GCMA), Juan Carlos Anaya, in an interview with El Sol de México, commented that the increase in the price of citrus, which reached 60 pesos per kilogram, was a consequence of crime in Michoacán and not necessarily due to any production factor or higher input costs and warned that further increases in the medium term are not ruled out.
The president of Canaco-Servitur in Acapulco said that it was important for the authorities to investigate in depth this floor charge that lemon producers are victims of.
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Martínez Sidney pointed out that consumers and restaurants are the most affected by the increase in the price of citrus, since it is an essential ingredient for taquerias, seafood restaurants and even in the sale of alcoholic beverages.
The president of Canaco-Servitur in Acapulco explained that given the high costs of lemon, some restaurateurs are forced to use citrus concentrate to try to reduce costs.
2023-08-26 08:43:02
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