THE PRICES of key agricultural commodities, including chicken and fish, rose in mid-June, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
During the June 15-17 monitoring period, which the PSA calls the second phase of June, galunggong (round scad) averaged P219.62 per kilogram at retail, against P215.65 during the first phase, it said in a report.
Compared to the second phase of May, galunggong prices fell from P221.08 per kilo.
The PSA said the average retail price of dressed chicken was P216.70 per kilo, against P214.49 in the first phase of June and P212.52 in the second phase of May.
The average retail price of snap beans (Baguio beans) rose to P126.90 per kilo from P117.96 in the first phase of June and P115.79 a month earlier.
The PSA said red onion fetched P154.27 per kilo at retail in the second phase of June, against P152.02 in the first phase of June and P151.48 a month earlier.
Calamansi averaged P95.54 per kilo in the second phase of June, against P98.60 in the first phase of June and P101.51 a month earlier.
The PSA said cooking oil averaged P181.46 per liter, against P179.49 in the first phase of June and P177.83 a month earlier. — Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza