Mexican tortilla prices ‘up 18%’

The price of tortillas, a staple food in Mexico, are set to rise 18% in the next few weeks, an industry group says.

… The National Chamber for the Tortilla and Dough Industry told Reuters that prices would rise from 8.5 pesos (42 pence) a kilo now to 10 pesos in June.


The government said it would work to make sure that did not happen.

Tortilla prices are not state-controlled in Mexico, but the economy minister Eduardo Sojo said the government would use measures such as offering subsidies for transport and warehousing to stop them rising.

… Rising costs of corn and fuel sent the prices of the corn pancakes up by more than 10% last year.

A local newspaper report suggested that prices could go up as high as 12 pesos a kilo in the next few weeks.

BBC