<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Central Mexico</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Eric Anderson<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">3.27.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Recent frosts in central Mexico have caused vegetable prices to raise considerably in the third week of March. Prices for a kilo of tomatoes have reached 30 pesos, and zucchini up to 32 pesos.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Based on data from the National Information and Market Integration System (SIIM), tomato prices are up to 347.37% higher than those registered in the same week of 2012. Zucchini are 410.71% more expensive.<img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/shutterstock_54017278.jpg" alt="IMAGES 03272013 " />The price hike is due to freezes in Puebla and Hidalgo which severely affected crops in the area.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Prices for wholesale tomatoes reached 20.40 pesos last week, up from 12 pesos last year.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Creole zucchini went from 180 to 280 pesos for a 25 kilo box and Italian zucchini from 220 to 464 pesos. The Italian variety reached retail prices of 30 to 52.50 pesos, according to Profeco.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Prices are estimated to stay high for the next two weeks; however, as demand falls, the upward trend could reverse.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://elfinanciero.com.mx/component/content/article/44-economia/8967-heladas-disparan-los-precios-de-verduras-y-hortalizas.html" target="_new">Mexico Freeze Update </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
