Colombia’s National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), through its SIPSA system, reported that wholesale quotations for vegetables and fresh fruit mostly declined in the week from 26 September to 2 October 2026, while increases were prominent among tubers, roots and plantains. The weekly bulletin, dated 2 October, does not publish one national food-inflation rate. Instead, it compiles price quotations and directions by product and wholesale market. Its findings therefore should not be read as one average price change for every food across Colombia. The contrast highlighted by DANE reflects price movements that varied by product and market during the same week.

Among vegetables, habichuela beans fell in 33 of the 40 markets where the product was traded. DANE relayed traders’ reports of increased arrivals from Santander, Antioquia, Cundinamarca and Valle del Cauca. As examples, the annex listed a weekly mean of 4,917 Colombian pesos per kilogram at Mercabastos in Valledupar and 4,005 pesos at Cenabastos in Cúcuta. These are quoted wholesale unit prices for those markets, not a countrywide retail price paid by consumers. Pepino cohombro, a cucumber, declined in 34 of 40 markets; the bulletin associated the movement with new harvests arriving from Cundinamarca, Santander and Norte de Santander.

For fresh fruit, Valencia orange prices fell in 18 of the 24 markets where the variety was sold. The bulletin relayed traders’ explanation that harvests had increased in Santander, Caldas, Huila and Antioquia. Limón común, lulo, Tommy mango, domestic pears, domestic red globe grapes, imported green apples and mora de Castilla were also among the items with falling quotations. The direction was not uniform across all fruit: Tahiti lime prices rose in 23 of 31 markets. Product availability and market conditions differ, so a broad decline for one fruit does not mean every fruit or every market moved down during the week.

Within tubers, capira potato prices increased in 23 of 30 markets. DANE cited lower arrivals of first-quality product from Antioquia, Nariño and Cauca as the reported supply context. The bulletin listed 2,175 pesos per kilogram at Plaza de Mercado del Barrio Bolívar in Popayán and 2,813 pesos at El Santuario in Antioquia; it said increases in these two examples exceeded 18%. Green hartón plantain rose in 26 of 36 markets, with traders pointing to reduced availability of first-quality produce in some growing areas. Counts of markets reporting a direction cover only markets where that product was traded. For example, 23 of 30 should not be read as a 77% national price increase or as a change in sales volume.

DANE’s SIPSA-P methodology collects wholesale sale-price information for fresh and processed agricultural food products at product, variety and market level. The weekly bulletin reports mean selling prices and percentage changes against the preceding period; prices are generally standardized per kilogram to aid comparison. The operation is described as non-probability sampling, based on selected products and principal wholesale markets rather than a random sample of all sellers. DANE compiles market sale-price quotations, not retail shop prices, all household purchases or every producer’s sale. The food-supply table in the same bulletin is a separate component and compares tonnage for 24–30 September; the price observations discussed here refer to 26 September–2 October. Those distinct periods and measurement types should not be conflated.