The prices of tomato continue to drop on the various markets across the country.
[contextly_sidebar id=”iWvBEQ4Zlgc9w49d6SLfhWEuQVC9Fkn7″]According to Esoko Ghana Commodity Index, the price of the commodity recorded the highest drop, that is, 10 percent for the fourth week in July.
As a result, a medium size tin of tomato is now selling at 7 cedis 90 pesewas.
This was followed by cassava which recorded 2 percent drop in price to close the week at 6 cedis 90 pesewas for 3 to 4 tubers.
Also, the price of a medium size tin of maize dropped by one percent and it is now selling at 5 cedis 50 pesewas.
Meanwhile the price of a medium size tuber of yam went up by 5 percent and it is now selling at 8 cedis.
Soyabean and millet followed with 4 and 1 percent gain in prices.
A medium size tin is now selling at 6 cedis 20 pesewas and 5 cedis 60 pesewas per medium size tomato tin respectively.
Meanwhile across the various markets, Esoko reports that the price for a medium size tin of maize dropped by 5 percent in Kumasi to close the week at 6 cedis while in the other markets, the price remained the same.
In a related development, a medium size tomato tin full of fresh tomatoes lost 7 percent in Accra to close the week at 5 cedis 40 pesewas.
In Kumasi, the same quantity of the produce also dropped 19 percent to close at 8 cedis 40 pesewa.
In Takoradi, the commodity lost 20 percent to close the week at 16 cedis.
In the other markets, the price remained the same.
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By: Pius Amihere Eduku/citibusinessnews.com/Ghana
Credit: Esoko Ghana Commodity Index