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Sorghum Retailing Highest in Eldoret and Lowest in Mombasa

BY Soko Directory Team · July 6, 2017 08:07 am

A 90-kilogram bag of Sorghum is currently retailing at an average market price of 5,240 shillings across the country.

A 90-kilogram bag of dry maize is being sold as follows: 4,800 shillings in Nairobi and Kisumu respectively, 4,300 shillings Mombasa and 4,000 shillings in Nakuru and Eldoret respectively. The average market price was 4,183 shillings.

Finger millet, on the other hand, had an average price of 8,640 shillings for a 90-kilogram bag, with the highest price being 9,600 shillings in Kisumu and lowest price standing at 7,500 shillings in Malindi.

The table below gives a summary of market prices for the same:

CommodityWeight(kg)NairobiMombasaKisumuNakuruEldoretMalindiAverage
Dry Maize90480043004800400040004183
Green Maize1152850520020002500180019002725
Finger Millet908500900096008000810075008640
Sorghum905200315052005000765060005240

 

An 110-kilogram bag of groundnuts was selling at an average price of 11,930 shillings. Had different towns varied prices as follows? 17,400 shillings in Malindi, 12,200 shillings in Nairobi, 12,100 shillings in Mombasa and Nakuru respectively, 12,000 shillings in Kisumu and 11,250 shillings in Eldoret.

A 90-kilogram bag of Rosecoco beans, on the other hand, was retailing as follows: 9,000 shillings in Eldoret, 8,000 shillings in Malindi, 7,650 shillings in Nairobi, 7,200 shillings in Kisumu, 6,000 shillings in Mombasa, and 5,800 shillings in Nakuru.

Here is a summary of the same:

CommodityWeight(kg)NairobiMombasaKisumuNakuruEldoretMalindiAverage
Rosecoco907650600072005800900080007130
Mwitemania90720070005800900075506960
Njahi9090009000750090001080090009060
Greengram90840072008800760012600108008933
Cowpeas908100630088008100765076007790
Fresh peas513000300025002550375075002737
Groundnuts11012200121001200012100112501740011930

 

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