Over the last few days, the national level has recorded unusually high potato prices, worth A 25-kilogram bag reaches $30,000 and sometimes more . Consumers and fairgrounds alike questioned the sudden rise in commodity prices.

In light of this, the Los Lagos Agriculture Authority has authorized an investigation that could reach the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office.

At least in the region, the auditors of Radio Bío Bío in Osorno warned of the situation and that the product had reached a significant price increase in a matter of days.

As he recalls, last Monday he went to the commune’s famous ‘truck fair’, a wholesale shop at the end of Calle Amador Barrientos.

A 25-kilogram bag of potatoes cost $13,000 that day. But a little over a week later, when he visited the place this Thursday to buy the same product, his surprise was a shock. The price is now over $30,000 for him.

Indeed, Alberto demanded an explanation, but the excuse given to him was the climate change that the south-central part of the country was experiencing, which did not satisfy him.

This is mainly due to the fact that the Los Lagos region is a rainy region and the product is harvested during March, April at the latest, he asserted.

But the question didn’t stop there. The product sellers, the fairgrounds, have also expressed their dissatisfaction, as expressed by Veronica Asensio, tenant representative of the Rahue Free Fair.

Speaking about the economic effort required to obtain potatoes for sale, the leader accused “big businessmen” of buying potatoes at too high a price and lacking regulation for them. For this reason, he regretted that he was directly impacting the pockets of his family, who were the most vulnerable.

Under this scenario, he said, price hikes are often questioned by the audience, even if it’s “wholesale farmers abusing them.”

In this regard, Tania Salas of the Los Lagos Agricultural Department said that potato price increases should only be recorded in the central-southern zone where the front system wreaks havoc, and should be recorded in this region and La Araucánia. I made it clear that it wasn’t. Harvest was from March to April and was not affected by heavy rains.

For this reason, the ministry’s technical team believes that the overgrowth of potatoes in the region is not justified, and analyzes the background of a visit to the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) to investigate possible speculations. explained.

Government officials join Agriculture Minister Esteban Valenzuela’s statement, which has likewise rejected a large increase in this essential product in Southern home kitchens.