Commodity Watch

Groundnuts Retailing Highest in Nairobi

BY Soko Directory Team · May 19, 2016 02:05 pm

Cereal prices in different markets in the country happened to vary from town to town. Dry maize retail prices were highest in Kisumu where a 90kg bag was being sold at Sh. 3200 and lowest in Nakuru where it went at Sh. 2300. 115kg of Green maize on the other hand was being sold at Sh. 5600 in Mombasa and Sh. 1080 in Eldoret. The table below summarizes the prizes of dry maize, green maize, Finger fillet and Sorghum in various towns:

Commodity	Weight (Kg)	Nairobi	Mombasa	Kisumu	Nakuru	Eldoret
Dry Maize	90	2600	2600	3200	2300	2600
Green Maize	115	2000	5600	2400	1800	1080
Finger Fillet	90	7000	6300	7000	4900	7200
Sorghum	90	3600	3000	3200	2700	4950

In the legume group, groundnuts retailed highest in Nairobi as it was being sold at Sh.14,200 for every 110kg bag, while the same went at Sh.10,400 in Kisumu. On the other hand, Dolichos (Njahi) retailed highest in Nairobi, where it was being sold at Sh.13,500 per every 90kg bag while the same quantity went at Sh. 8,100 in Eldoret. The following table summarizes legume prices in different towns:

Commodity	Weight (Kg)	Nairobi	Mombasa	Kisumu	Nakuru	Eldoret
Canadian Beans	90	6200		8000	5500
Rosecoco Beans	90	6000	6200	8000	5500	8100
Mwitemania Beans	90	5800	5000		4800	9000
Mwezi Moja	90	5500			4500
Dolichos (Njahi)	90	13500	13950		10800	8100
Green Grams	90	9600	8100	10000	7800	10800
Cow Peas	90	7200	3600	7200	9000	5400
Fresh Peas	51	3500	5130	2500	4500	1530
Ground Nuts	110	14200	13200	10400	12100	11250

Article by Vera Shawiza.

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