Petare Basket Week 1 2019

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These are the prices of the eight products taken in Petare, Venezuela on the first week of 2019. By Ángel Alvarado. Prices in Venezuelan currency.
  • Cooking oil: 1700
  • Sugar (kilogram): 1300
  • Rice (kilogram): 950
  • Meat: 2700
  • Coffee: 2600
  • White cheese: 3700
  • Flour: 950
  • Thirty eggs: 3600
Total basket value: 17,500 (an increase of 8% compared to last week)
Location: Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela

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