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Prices of foodstuffs |
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Foodstuffs are significant cheaper in developing countries than in Western
Europe, Northern America or Japan. So are the prices of the products on
the public market in the Philippines.
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From an American or Western European view-point the prices are low in the
Philippines. For the majority of the Filipinos however, the products are
not cheap. Their income (earnings) is low, so is their
purchasing power. |
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Prices* on the Public market, the Philippines, 2002
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Commodity |
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Price
in peso |
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Commodity |
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Price
in peso |
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Rice –
per kilo
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18 - 25
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Garlic
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150 /kg.
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Fresh
eggs
(Medium) |
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3 each
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Sugar
refined |
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21.50 -23 /kg
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Cooking
oil
(1 liter)
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30
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Sugar,
brown |
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20 - 21 /kg
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Fresh
fish (regular)
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80./kg.
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Sea
salt |
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10
/ 0,5 kg |
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Fresh fish (Ordinary)
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60./kg
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Shrimps |
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140./kg.
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Canned
fish
(Sardines-115g) |
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8.25
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Regular
pork |
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85 - 110/ kg
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Coca Cola
(1littre) |
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18 |
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Cow /
beef |
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130 = 140 /kg.
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Condensed milk,
in
can, (300 ml) |
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19.50 - 21.50
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Poultry, native |
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80 - 140/kg.
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Powdered milk,
in
can, 0,5 kg
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75 - 100
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Meat, carabao
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100/kg
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Instant
coffee
in pot / 50 g |
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18.50 - 24
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Carrots |
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30 /kg.
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Coffee, Premium Espresso |
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120 - 150
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Cabbage |
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30 /kg
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Toothpaste,
size 6.4 oz |
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75
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Onion |
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40 - 60 /kg.
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Papaya
(medium) |
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30
each
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Sources: 1.
Dorothy de
Schoolmeester-Codilla, the Netherlands, 2.
Board
of Investments, the
Philippines,
3. Manila
net , the Philippines
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The prices of foodstuffs in big cities differ from the prices in
rural areas. Vegetables, fruit and fish are significant
cheaper in the
rural areas and the regional cities and villages. The prices for meat
and rice are about the same. On
the
opposite, the prices for clothes and all kind of materials for the house,
cars and boats, are more expensive in the
rural
areas. |
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