Sheinbaum wants an agreement to contain inflation in the basic basket

In her morning conference, the head of state recalled that this promise is part of her 100 six-year commitments.

“We will support the popular economy. Gasoline or diesel or electricity or domestic gas will not increase above inflation; nor will the basic basket increase. Big gasoline will not return,” says commitment number 16 announced at the beginning. of week.

Mexico has been registering high levels of inflation in recent months, as price movements continue to be outside the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) objective of 3% +/- one percentage point.

According to Profeco, the average price of the basic basket is 808 pesos.

What are the 24 products in the basic basket?

Profeco remembers in its program Who’s Who in prices The Extreme Poverty Line by Income (Food Basket) defined by the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval) was taken as a reference.

The 24 products in the basic basket are the following:

1.- Edible vegetable oil (one 946 ml bottle).
2.- Rice grain (one kilo).
3.- Flaked tuna (maximum 5% soy. 2 cans of 140 grams).
4.- Standard sugar (one kilo).
5.- Beef (one kilo).
6.- White onion (one kilo).
7.- Jalapeno pepper (one kilo).
8.- Pork (one kilo).
9.- Black beans (a 900 gram package).
10.- Chicken egg (a package with 18 pieces).
11.- Toilet soap (one piece).
12.- Tomato saladet (one kilo).
13.- Cow’s milk (5 pieces of one liter each).
14.- Lemon (one kilo).
15.- Apple (one kilo).
16.- Pineapple (one kilo).
17.- Boxed white bread (a large package of 680 grams).
18.- White potato (one kilo).
19.- Toilet paper (a bag with 4 pieces).
20.- Pasta for soup (one package 220 grams).
21.- Chicken meat (one kilo).
22.- Sardine in canned tomato (a 425 gram can).
23.- Supermarket corn tortilla.
24.- Carrot (one kilo).