Tema, Aug. 8, GNA – Prices of some major foodstuff in Tema have moved upwards according to a Ghana News Agency-Tema market survey conducted in major markets in Tema.
At the Tema Community Nine market, a bag of Onion moved from GH¢400.00 last week to GH¢ 500.00; crate of tomatoes, which used to sell between GH¢1,200.00 to GH¢1,600.00 last week, now sells close to GH¢2,000.00.
A bag of maize has moved from GH¢500.00 last week to GH¢600.00 this week; and a tuber of yam sells between GH¢18.00 and GH¢25.00 depending on the sizes this week.
At Ashaiman market, a sack of pepper moved up from GH¢270.00 last week to GH¢350.00; sack of Garden eggs pegged at GH¢200.00; medium size basket of Okro sells for GH¢140.00; and Cabbage pegged at GH¢1,000.00.
A bag of millet is pegged at GH¢380.00; cowpea at GH¢450.00; soya beans GH¢440.00; beans however moved from GH¢650.00 last week to GH¢1,000.00; and maize from GH¢480.00 last week to GH¢500.00.
A tuber of yam depending on the type and size sells between GH¢8.00 and GH¢17.00, a sack of cassava sells between GH¢80.00 and GH¢150.00; a sack of cocoyam moved from GH¢350.00 last week to GH¢470.00 and a bunch of unripe plantain moved from GH¢50.00 last week to GH¢70.00 this week.
A crate of tomatoes moved from GH¢1,000.00 last week to GH¢1,500.00 for the local; and from GH¢1,800.00 to GH¢2, 000.00 for the foreign ones.
At Tema Community One Market a bag of maize is now pegged between GH¢500.00 and GH¢600.00; while medium bag of sugar now goes for GH¢210.00; and bowl ranges between GH¢13.00 and GH¢14.00.
A bag of Onion also ranges between GH¢550.00 and GH¢600.00, while a bowl of Beans swings between GH¢26.00 and GH¢27.00 depending on type; and a bowl of Gari now goes for GH¢12.00; and half bag of Cocoyam also sold for GH¢180.00.
A tuber of yam, hovers around GH¢10.00 and GH¢25.00 depending on size and type; bunch of Plantain the normal type goes between GH¢30.00 and GH¢50.00; bowl of okro is GH¢30.00, Pepper GH¢20.00, Garden eggs GH¢80.00 and medium basket of Tomatoes goes for GH¢1,800.00.
The weekly GNA-Tema market survey conducted also covered Tema Community Seven, Texpo, Kpone, and Ada which recorded similar prices.
During the previous week, a sack of garden eggs was pegged at GH¢300.00; a sack of Cabbage went for GH¢650.00; Carrot medium sack GH¢140.00 for the local sack and between GH¢85.00 to GH¢90.00 for the foreign ones.
A 50kg of Maize old type GH¢500.00 and the 50kg maize new GH¢480.00; Yam for GH¢1, 000.00 for the 50 tubers old ones while new yam went for GH¢500.00 for 70 tubers.
The price of 50kg soya beans was GH¢1, 200.00 while a sack of Onion was GH¢700.00, a Small Box of fresh tomatoes was sold at GH¢1, 600.00 and Big box of fresh tomatoes was pegged at GH¢3, 000.00.
The price of a bunch of unripe Plantain was GH¢50.00 and above.
Meanwhile, some of the traders attributed the price differences to scarcity of some foodstuffs, poor roads impeding the transportation of the goods from the farming communities to marketing centres.