Prices of meat in the markets of Negros Occidental have continued to surge amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The prevailing market price of livestock and poultry weekly monitoring of the Provincial Veterinary Office reported that prices of pork have significantly increased by P15.69 per kilogram, from P204.76/kg on January 25 to P220.45/kg today, February 1.
Carabeef also increased by P3.81/kg, from P264.40/kg to P268.21/kg, as well as beef by P3.76/kg from P274.45/kg to P278.21/kg, and chevon, which is up by P8.06/kg from P329.33/kg to P337.39/kg.
The price for broiler chicken was also up by P21.27/kg at P180.62/kg from P159.35/kg, while the price for native chicken remained the same since last week at P253.24/kg.
Eggs are priced at P6.66 (small), P7.33 (medium), P8 (large), and P8.61 (extra large), and P12.88 (salted) per piece.
In Bacolod City, the average price of carabeef is P250/kg, beef – P260, pork – P260, broiler chicken – P190, native – P250, and eggs at P7 (small), P7.50 (medium), P8 (large), P8.50 (extra large), and P12.50 (salted) per piece.
SHIPMENT
Meanwhile, the province has continued to export live pigs to localities in Luzon and some parts of the Visayas, with 6,894 hogs shipped out to these regions in January.
Negros Occidental has banned the shipment of pork and pork products from African swine fever affected areas such as Luzon, Mindanao, and Eastern Visayas.
In January, the Provincial ASF Task Force intercepted 239.55 kilograms of assorted pork products worth P51,345 from the different ports in the province.*