BAS Media Service: Price Situationer
Markets in the Metropolis Filled with Agricultural Food Items
Date: September 03, 2010::Vol. 16 NO. 34::Period Covered: August 25 to September 2, 2010
Metro Manila markets were amply supplied with fresh farm produce during the reference week.
Supply of temperate and tropical vegetables was reportedly more than sufficient to fill the requirements of Metro Manila consumers.
At bulk sale, most indicator vegetables were recorded with lower price quotations relative to last week’s levels.
Nevertheless, these price discounts were not reflected at retail trade. The soft trading that prevailed during the week kept retail prices of most vegetables at last week’s quotations. Prices of cabbage and pechay Baguio (wongbok) remained at P30 per kilogram, and carrots at P50.
Ampalaya and pechay native were cheaper this week. Both registered price discounts of P10 and P5 per kilogram, respectively.
The dwindling supply of tomatoes has pushed prices up at both trade levels this week. A kilogram of tomato that consumers bought at P70 last week was quoted at P80 this week.
At the fish trade, galunggong (round scad) recorded a P20 per kilogram increment from last week’s prevailing price of P100. Other indicator species maintained previous week’s price levels.
Fruit stalls were filled with in-season fruits like lanzones, rambutan, atis and durian. The locally grown seedless mandarins were likewise abundant. This citrus fruit was retailed at P40 to P60 per kilogram.
Prices of calamansi continued to decline at wholesale and retail counters as peak season for citrus started.
Prices of other food items like meat products, whole dressed chicken, sugar, rice and bottled cooking oil were generally stable.