Supply up, tomato prices touch ₹15 a kilogram in retail
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:03.02.2020
Time is ripe to have tomato soup and chutney.
Due to a good monsoon and increased supply, the retail price of tomatoes has come down ₹10 and touched ₹15 in city. The native variety is available for ₹8 a kilogram at the Koyambedu market and it is available for ₹13 to ₹15 a kilogram at retail shops. The Bengaluru variety is available at Rs 15 in wholesale and ₹30 to ₹35 a kilogram in retail stores.
Traders at Koyambedu market said supply of tomatoes has increased by 50% in the past few weeks. “We used to get 40 loads of tomatoes every day. Now it has increased to 60 loads a day due to increase in produce,” said V R Soundararajan from the Koyambedu Traders’ Association.
In Madurai, the price dropped to ₹7 a kilogram at wholesale markets and to ₹10 in retail markets. Last month, the wholesale rate was ₹40 a kilogram.
With prices dropping, the Madurai central market which gets tomatoes from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh has stopped getting supplies. “The price is too low to meet the transport cost so they are dumping it in the borders or stopping with Chennai,” said Mattuthavani wholesale vegetable market president P S Murugan.
Cabbage and raddish are being sold at ₹10 a kilogram and a kilogram of kohlrabi costs ₹15. “They are the cheapest vegetables available now,” said a vendor in T Nagar.
However, prices of coconuts and drumsticks have increased in recent weeks. While a coconut sold for ₹25 in the wholesale market, drumsticks sold for ₹110 a kilogram. “Once local produce reaches the market, these prices will come down,” a vendor said.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:03.02.2020
Time is ripe to have tomato soup and chutney.
Due to a good monsoon and increased supply, the retail price of tomatoes has come down ₹10 and touched ₹15 in city. The native variety is available for ₹8 a kilogram at the Koyambedu market and it is available for ₹13 to ₹15 a kilogram at retail shops. The Bengaluru variety is available at Rs 15 in wholesale and ₹30 to ₹35 a kilogram in retail stores.
Traders at Koyambedu market said supply of tomatoes has increased by 50% in the past few weeks. “We used to get 40 loads of tomatoes every day. Now it has increased to 60 loads a day due to increase in produce,” said V R Soundararajan from the Koyambedu Traders’ Association.
In Madurai, the price dropped to ₹7 a kilogram at wholesale markets and to ₹10 in retail markets. Last month, the wholesale rate was ₹40 a kilogram.
With prices dropping, the Madurai central market which gets tomatoes from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh has stopped getting supplies. “The price is too low to meet the transport cost so they are dumping it in the borders or stopping with Chennai,” said Mattuthavani wholesale vegetable market president P S Murugan.
Cabbage and raddish are being sold at ₹10 a kilogram and a kilogram of kohlrabi costs ₹15. “They are the cheapest vegetables available now,” said a vendor in T Nagar.
However, prices of coconuts and drumsticks have increased in recent weeks. While a coconut sold for ₹25 in the wholesale market, drumsticks sold for ₹110 a kilogram. “Once local produce reaches the market, these prices will come down,” a vendor said.
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