Food prices rose in the third week of December 2024 ahead of the Christmas celebration, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) show.
“At the national level, a kilogram of well milled rice had an average retail price of P54.97 during the second phase of December 2024 [15 to 17 December 2024]. This was higher than its average retail price in the first phase of December 2024 [01 to 05 December 2024] at P54.71 per kilogram,” the PSA said in its price situationer.
An average retail price of P207.80 per kilogram at the national level was reported for dressed chicken during the second phase of December. It showed an increase from its average retail prices of P204.69 per kilogram in the first phase of December and P202.60 per kilogram in the second phase of November.
A kilogram of bangus had an average retail price of P216.14 during the second phase of December, higher than the average retail prices of P213.85 per kilogram in the first phase of December and P213.22 per kilogram in the second phase of November.
It said a kilogram of tomato in the country had an average retail price of P163.84 in the second phase of December, showing an increase from P150.94 in the first phase of December.
Meanwhile, an average retail price of P133.27 per kilogram at the national level was reported for red onion in the second phase of December. It went up from P129.11 in the first phase of December.
The PSA said that at the national level, a kilogram of carabao mango had an average retail price of P197.73 in the second phase of December. This was higher than its average retail price of P190.39 per kilogram in the first phase of December.
Cooking oil had an average retail price of P164.42 per liter in the second phase of December. This was higher than P163.54 per liter recorded in the first phase of December.
