The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) of Negros Occidental has noted a drop of P0.29 per kilogram in the average price of pork in the province.
Based on the latest Prevailing Market Price of Livestock and Poultry Monitoring issued by the PVO Monday, March 22, 2021, the average price of pork is P228.33 per kilo.
The report covers the monitoring period from March 15 to 21, 2021.
The amount is lower than P228.62 per kilo during the second week of this month, from March 8 to 14.
Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena said the drop in the price of pork is attributed to the movement in supply and demand.
"The buying capacity of some consumers in various local government units (LGUs) was low while the supply is high," he added.
Earlier this year, the PVO noted significant increases in the price of the commodity in the province.
It was mainly attributed to the higher cost of all agricultural commodities during that time.
The increase was also relative to the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in Luzon.
The PVO, on the other hand, noted an increase of P0.24 per kilo in the price of dressed broiler chicken.
From P182.69 per kilo during the previous monitoring, the price went up to P182.93 per kilo.
Decena said "the supply was also low that week."
Average prices, meanwhile, of other meat products in the province remained steady.
A kilo of carabeef (carabao meat) is still P268.07; beef - P280; chevon (goat meat) - P338.22; and dressed native chicken - P253.24.