LATAM Wholesale Food Prices Scraper (Mexico & Peru)

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "country": "Mexico",
  "productName": "Aguacate Criollo",
  "variety": "Primera",
  "marketName": "Mercado de Abasto \"Estrella\" de San Nicolás de los Garza",
  "city": "Nuevo León",
  "origin": "Nuevo León",
  "unit": "Caja de 9 kg.",
  "priceMin": 32.22,
  "priceMax": 35.56,
  "priceAvg": 33.33,
  "currency": "MXN",
  "priceDate": "2026-08-04",
  "source": "SNIIM",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:34:33.744Z"
}

The most complete LATAM wholesale food price scraper available. It returns official daily wholesale prices from Mexico's national market network (SNIIM) and Peru's Gran Mercado Mayorista de Lima (EMMSA), with product, variety, market, origin, unit and min/max/average price per day, filterable by market, product keyword and lookback window.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor collects published daily wholesale food prices from Latin American central markets, applies the country, product-keyword and lookback filters you pass as input, and writes one normalized record per product/variety/market/date to the run's dataset. Two sources are covered: Mexico's national wholesale market network (SNIIM) and Peru's Gran Mercado Mayorista de Lima (EMMSA). Each record includes the product name and variety, the wholesale market and city, the production origin, the sale unit/presentation and the minimum, maximum and average (frequent) price for the day. Product keyword matching is accent-insensitive. Missing source values are returned as null.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns recent prices for a staple basket across both countries.

{
  "countries": ["mexico", "peru"],
  "products": ["tomate", "aguacate", "cebolla", "papa", "limon", "platano"],
  "days": 7,
  "maxPrices": 10
}

Leave products empty to return all products (Peru) or a default basket of staples (Mexico). Widen days to look further back; prices are published on business days.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
countries	string[]	no	["mexico","peru"]	Markets to scrape: mexico (SNIIM national network) and/or peru (EMMSA, Gran Mercado Mayorista de Lima).
products	string[]	no	staples basket	Keep only products whose name contains one of these keywords (accent-insensitive), for example tomate, aguacate, limon, papa, platano. Empty returns all products.
days	integer	no	7	How many recent days of prices to collect, ending today (1 to 60).
maxPrices	integer	no	10	Maximum price records to collect across all selected markets.

Output reference

One dataset item per product/variety/market/date. Types: string, number, or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
country	string	Country: Mexico or Peru.
productName	string	Product name.
variety	string	Variety / quality grade.
marketName	string	Wholesale market name.
city	string	City / state of the market.
origin	string	Production origin (region).
unit	string	Sale unit / presentation, for example Caja de 9 kg..
priceMin	number	Minimum price for the day.
priceMax	number	Maximum price for the day.
priceAvg	number	Average / frequent price for the day.
currency	string	Currency: MXN or PEN.
priceDate	string	Price date (YYYY-MM-DD).
source	string	Data source: SNIIM (Mexico) or EMMSA (Peru).
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	null on success. On a failed run, a single item with a populated error field is written instead.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"countries":["mexico","peru"],"products":["tomate","aguacate","cebolla","papa","limon","platano"],"days":7,"maxPrices":10}):

{
  "country": "Mexico",
  "productName": "Aguacate Criollo",
  "variety": "Primera",
  "marketName": "Mercado de Abasto \"Estrella\" de San Nicolás de los Garza",
  "city": "Nuevo León",
  "origin": "Nuevo León",
  "unit": "Caja de 9 kg.",
  "priceMin": 32.22,
  "priceMax": 35.56,
  "priceAvg": 33.33,
  "currency": "MXN",
  "priceDate": "2026-08-04",
  "source": "SNIIM",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:34:33.744Z"
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~latam-wholesale-food-prices-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"countries":["mexico"],"products":["aguacate"],"days":14,"maxPrices":100}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~latam-wholesale-food-prices-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"countries":["peru"],"products":[],"days":7,"maxPrices":500}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/latam-wholesale-food-prices-scraper \
  --input '{"countries":["mexico","peru"],"products":["tomate"],"days":7,"maxPrices":10}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per price record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 records per run. Upgrade for higher maxPrices.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A run returned 0 records. Why? The product keyword or lookback window matched no published prices (wholesale prices publish on business days). Widen days, clear products, or select both countries. Zero-result runs are not charged.

Which markets are covered? Mexico's national wholesale market network (SNIIM) and Peru's Gran Mercado Mayorista de Lima (EMMSA). Select one or both in countries.

How does product filtering work? products matches product names accent-insensitively, so limon matches Limón. Leave it empty to return all products (Peru) or a default staples basket (Mexico).

What do priceMin, priceMax and priceAvg mean? They are the minimum, maximum and average (most frequent) wholesale prices reported for that product/variety/market on that day, in the local currency.

Why is a field null? The source did not publish that value for the day (for example a missing origin). Missing values are returned as null, never invented.

Is this an official government tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with SNIIM, EMMSA or any government body. It reads only data these markets publish publicly. Use it in accordance with each source's terms.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with SNIIM, EMMSA or any government body. Accesses only publicly published wholesale market prices. Use in accordance with each source's terms.