Consumers scan Tema markets for moderate commodity prices
A weekly market survey conducted in major markets in Tema has shown that the prices of some commodities saw a reduction in the week as against the previous week while others saw a marginal increase.
The markets visited included Ashaiman, Tema Community One, Seven, Nine, Texpo, Kpone, and Ada.
At most of the markets, a sack of garden eggs was pegged at GHC300.00; a sack of Cabbage is going for GHC650.00; Carrot medium sack GHC140.00 for the local sack and between GHC85.00 to GHC90.00 for the foreign ones.
A sack of Green pepper pegged at GHC550.00; 50kg of Maize old type GHC500.00 and the 50kg maize new GHC480.00; Yam for GHC1,000.00 for the 50 tubers old ones while new yam goes for GHC500.00 for 70 tubers.
The price of 50kg beans is GHC1,000.00, 50kg Walewale is GHC700.00 and 50kg soya beans is GHC1,200.00 while a sack of Onion goes for GHC700.00, a Small Box of fresh tomatoes is sold at GHC1,600.00 and Big box of fresh tomatoes is pegged at GHC3,000.00.
The price of 50kg Gari goes for GHC900.00, 50kg Groundnut GHC1,800.00, 50kg Millet GHC1,200.00, a bunch of unripe Plantain GHC50.00 and above.
Meanwhile, some of the traders attributed the price differences to scarcity of some foodstuffs others are blaming it on poor roads that were impeding the transportation of the goods from the farming communities to marketing centres.
At the Ashaiman market, traders attributed the high prices of commodities to the unfavourable weather conditions, which affected farmersā output, therefore, putting pressure on traders to increase prices.
Last week market prices saw a sack of Pepper was pegged at GHĀ¢530.00; Garden eggs at GHĀ¢200.00 per sack, Okro pegged at GHĀ¢140.00 per basket, Cabbage pegged at GHĀ¢1,000.00 per sack, and Green Pepper was GHĀ¢150.00.
The prices of Carrot was GHĀ¢180.00, Ginger per sack was pegged at GHĀ¢800.00, Onions GHĀ¢ 800.00, and a sack of palm nut GHĀ¢160.00.
A bag of Millet was pegged at GHĀ¢380.00; Cowpea at GHS 450.00, Soya Beans GHĀ¢440.00, Beans GHĀ¢1,000.00; Maize GHĀ¢500.00; Gari GHĀ¢800.00; Groundnut GHĀ¢750.00 and rice ranged from GHĀ¢260.00, GHĀ¢275.00, and GHĀ¢290.00 depending on the type.
A tuber of yam ranged from GHC8.00 to GHĀ¢14 00, a sack of Cassava GHĀ¢250.00 depending on the type, Cocoyam GHĀ¢500.00 per sack; a bunch of unripe plantains GHĀ¢70.00.
A carton of fish pegged at GHĀ¢400.00 and Tuna GHĀ¢500.00 and a crate of tomatoes GHĀ¢1,400 for the local and GHĀ¢2,000.00 for the foreign ones.