# Mercado Central de Buenos Aires: physical wholesale market in Tapiales, Greater Buenos Aires

> Mercado Central de Buenos Aires is a physical fruit and vegetable wholesale market in Tapiales, within Buenos Aires Province.

Source: https://husfarm.com/exchanges/mercado-central-de-buenos-aires/

**AGR-052 · Physical wholesale market** · Tapiales, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina · ARS
Major physical fruit and vegetable market serving the metropolitan area
Mercado Central de Buenos Aires is a physical fruit and vegetable wholesale market in Tapiales, within Buenos Aires Province. Its name reflects the metropolitan area it serves rather than a location inside the autonomous City of Buenos Aires. This activity is separate from Argentina's A3 derivatives exchange. Producers and importers use the market to find businesses dealing in actual food consignments, with collection and onward distribution to their customers. The exact trading business and sales location matter when organising a shipment.
The operator publishes wholesale price observations and information for producers. Price archives should be read by date, product, quality and unit, retaining the original labels. Supply-monitoring reports help identify the product range but are not inventories of lots currently available from every business. An archived average is useful for comparison only when its specification resembles the proposed purchase.
A buyer should identify the operator of a particular stand and obtain an offer for the required variety, size and packaging. Potato, onion or pumpkin prices per sack or crate need conversion using actual net weight. Fresh-fruit orders should specify ripeness and expected shelf life after collection. Include sorting, order assembly, loading and transport where these services are needed. Retail-area hours should not be assumed to match wholesale dealing or release times for large deliveries. Agree how weight, packaging condition and shortages will be recorded when the goods change hands.
A seller should establish whether the arrangement is an outright purchase or a commission sale and how deductions and payment are documented. Confirm the counterparty's active status, stand number, intake slot and receiving contact before dispatch. Guidance materials can contain older institutional names or forms, so check the current document set for the shipment concerned. Maintain accounts by lot and accepted weight to distinguish market-price movements from quality losses, freight and commission. Historical comparisons also require an exchange-rate date: a peso value and a dollar-converted price answer different questions. This disciplined record allows a producer to compare buyers without attributing every change in net proceeds to the wholesale market price.
What is priced: [Fruit](https://husfarm.com/exchanges/category/fruit/), [Vegetables and potatoes](https://husfarm.com/exchanges/category/vegetables/)

## Where to find the prices

- [Fresh fruit; potatoes; Onions; Tomatoes; Peppers; Carrots; Garlic; Pumpkin; Sweet potatoes; Aubergines; Broccoli; Chard](https://www.mercadocentral.gob.ar/informaci%C3%B3n/precios-mayoristas) (Web page, Monthly, Free)

## Products and quotations

Fresh fruit; Potatoes; Onions; Tomatoes; Peppers; Carrots; Garlic; Pumpkin; Sweet potatoes; Aubergines; Broccoli; Chard

## Key figures

- Wholesale sales pavilions: 12 pavilions (09). 10.2026. Count stated in operator announcement, not business count.

## Sources

- [MCBA — wholesale prices](https://www.mercadocentral.gob.ar/informaci%C3%B3n/precios-mayoristas)
- [MCBA — producer information](https://www.mercadocentral.gob.ar/paginas/informaci%C3%B3n-al-productor)
- [MCBA — wholesale pavilions](https://mercadocentral.gob.ar/news/ya-se-encuentran-operativos-los-nuevos-sanitarios-en-los-pabellones-de-venta-mayorista)
- [MCBA — product monitoring](https://mercadocentral.gob.ar/sites/default/files/docs/Informe_monitoreo-09-2024.pdf)
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