Commodity price information and analysis for the month of November 2017, across Ghana markets.
Prices continued their downward trend at the end of trading in November. Tomatoes experienced the heaviest fall of 5.22 percent to close at GHS 196.83 per crate with maize also losing 3.79 percent to close at GHS 116.14 per bag. Groundnut lost 3.52 percent to close at GHS 333.00 with local rice also losing 1.96 percent to close at GHS 285.86. Cowpea lost 1.37 percent to close at GHS 360.57 with cassava also losing 1.18 percent to close at GHS 69.67 per bag. Gari lost less than a percentage point to close at GHS 209.14 per bag.
On the other hand, there were some gains made by millet, wheat, imported rice, soya and pona. Millet gained 2.78 percent from October to close at GHS 226.71 per bag with wheat also gaining 2.44 percent to close at GHS 223.50 per bag. Imported rice, soya and pona all made gains less than a percentage point.
Maize
A bag of maize lost 3.79 percent to close at GHS 116.14. The highest price of GHS 152.00 was recorded at Takoradi, with the lowest price of GHS 90.00 recorded at Tamale.
Rice Local
The average price for a bag of local rice lost 1.96 percent to close at GHS 285.86. The highest price of GHS 450 per bag was recorded at Accra with GHS 90.00 recorded at Tamale.
Tomato
The average price of a crate of tomatoes lost 5.22 percent to close the month at GHS 196.83. The highest price of GHS 293.00 was  recorded at Tamale with Techiman recording the lowest price of GHS 95.00.
