Chennai: Onions, tomatoes and potatoes—the indispensable trio of south Indian kitchens—have held steady below 35 per kg at most city retail stores for nearly three weeks. Most other vegetables are also under 50 per kg. Prices are likely to remain the same for some more weeks, vendors say.
Potatoes from Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh were priced under 15 per kg. “Ideally, it should cost at least 30 per kg in the wholesale market.
“The farm price for a 25-kg box of tomatoes now is around 100 to 150 depending on quality,” said Koyambedu Wholesale Market Tomato Merchants Association general secretary A Selvaraj. “The wholesale price per kg is between 10-15 depending on quality,” he said. It is less than half the price now,” said senior vendor V R Sounderrajan. “The harvest is good and several tonnes of vegetables continue to flood the market, but the sales are slow,” he said.
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