COMMODITIES
Wholesale Prices (GH¢)
Month ending July 2014.
Unit Weight Accra* Bawku Kumasi** Tamale Techiman Takoradi Dambai this month last month Avg% Change
Cassava (Fresh Tubers) Bag 91kg 49.00 N/A 33.40 68.00 36.00 63.00 35.00 47.40 53.04 -10.64 Cassava (Gari)
Bag 68kg 100.00 115.00 164.00 116.00 71.40 134.00 96.00 113.77 115.79 -1.74
Cowpea (White)
Bag 109kg 356.00 215.00 220.00 269.60 212.00 322.00 256.00 264.37 235.86 12.09
Groundnut (shelled)
Bag 82kg 410.00 395.00 340.00 340.00 396.00 360.00 396.00 376.71 344.93
9.22
Maize (white, grain)
Bag
15.28
Millet (grain)
Bag 93kg 170.00 95.00 126.20 120.00 136.00 200.00 136.00 140.46 132.43
Rice (imported- Uncle Sam) Bag Rice (local-white) Soya Beans Tomato (cooking) Wheat (Grain)
100kg 122.00 75.00 50kg 190.00
N/A
122.00 91.60 216.00
N/A
92.80 230.00
136.00 116.00 107.91 238.00
N/A
218.50
93.61 207.50
6.06 5.30
Bag 100kg 370.00 195.00 240.00 208.00 208.00 148.00 236.00 229.29 206.36 11.11 Bag 109kg 310.00 155.00 126.00 164.00 188.00 256.00 196.00 199.29 165.46 20.44 Crate 52kg 266.80 110.00 101.60 152.40 107.20 280.00 200.00 174.00 179.43
-3.03
Bag 50kg 150.00 120.00 166.40 122.00 274.00 180.00 N/A 168.73 159.13 6.04
Yam (pona-medium) 100 tubers 250kg 422.00 N/A 192.00 250.00 410.00 386.00 264.00 320.67 286.79 11.81
NB: * Accra market is Agbogbloshie ** Kumasi is the Central market. To receive prices update and agric tips on your phone dial 1900 or visit www.esoko.com.
Maize
In the month of July, the average price of a 100 kg bag of white maize was sold between GHS 75.00 and GHS 136.00 in Bawku and Takoradi respectively with Bawku recording the lowest and Takoradi recording the highest. Maize in the month of July was sold averagely for GHS 107.91 per bag which gives it a gain of 15.28 per cent over that of the previous month’s GHS 93.61. In July the average price of a bag of maize increased because new maize still contained moisture and so it has not been traded largely on the markets. This has also affected the supply of maize to the markets.
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Soya
The average price of a bag (109kg) of soya beans gained an average of 20.44 per cent in the month of July to close the month at GHS 199.29 from the previous month’s GHS 165.46. The commodity was sold between GHS 126.00 and GHS 310.00 for the Kumasi and Accra markets respectively, with Kumasi being the lowest and Accra the highest. The commodity is in high demand hence the high prices.
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Tomato
A crate of tomato for the month of July saw a dip in price. The commodity lost an average of 3.03 per cent to close the month at GHS 174.00 from GHS 179.43 the previous month. The commodity was sold between GHS 101.60 and GHS 280.00 on the Kumasi and Takoradi market respectively. This is because local tomatoes are on the market and there is also enough supply to the market. Relative to the average percentage change the previous month, the prices across the various markets are gradually stabilizing for the commodity.
SEPTEMBER 2014