Commodity prices up marginally in Tamale

Prices of some local commodities in markets in the Tamale Metropolis has gone up marginally in June as compared to the previous months this year.

The Ghana News Agency survey at the Tamale and the Aboabo markets showed that prices of some commodities such as local rice, millet and sorghum have gone up marginally while groundnuts and yam have remained stable.

The table below shows the items and the price changes that have occurred in the month of June.

COMMODITY PRICES IN TAMALE METROPOLIS (GNA JUNE MARKET SURVEY)
ITEM	QUANTITY/SCALE OF MEASUREMENT	MAY 2013 (OLD PRICE)	JUNE 2013 (NEW PRICE)	PRICE CHANGE UP/DOWN
Rice (local)	“Olonka” (Size)	GH¢4.50	GH¢4.00	Up Gp50
Maize	“Olonka”	GH¢1.20	GH¢1.50	Up Gp30
Sorghum	“Olonka”	GH¢2.0	GH¢2.50	Up Gp50
Fresh Tomatoes	Small Size Paint Bucket	GH¢8.00	GH¢10.00	Up GH¢2.00
Eggs (fowl)	A create	GH¢9.00	GH¢10.00	Up GH¢1.00
Bean	“Olonka”	GH¢4.50	GH¢5.00	Up Gp50
Garden Eggs	100 Kg Bag	GH¢65.00	GH¢70.00	Up GH¢5.00

NB: Up and Down means the price of the item has risen or fallen respectively

Some market women attributed the marginal price increases to the impending fasting period by the Muslims that had caused demand to go up. They say normally they buy the commodities and keep them for use after the fast.

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