Topic: Tomato prices
Tomato is the new onion as rain damage in southern states doubles prices, no respite soon
Retail as well as wholesale prices of tomato have more than doubled to as high as Rs 80/kg in several places. In some southern cities, prices rose to as much as Rs 140/kg.
Potato, tomato prices to hover over Rs 50/kg as pre-monsoon rain, lockdowns hit supply
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Tomatoes cost Rs 70/kg from Rs 4/kg a month back due to early monsoon & supply shortage
Prices of tomatoes across Delhi could rise to Rs 80/kg as the crop arrival from Himachal Pradesh and Haryana has been hampered since last week.
Wholesale vegetable prices soar as demand rises, retail rates to spike too if supply gap stays
Wholesale traders cite a nearly 20% increase in demand for vegetables as restaurants, dhabas, canteens and other eateries have opened since 1 June.
Tomato trade gets crushed by India-Pakistan tension, price jumps 200% in Pakistan
Pakistan stopped issuing permits for Indian tomatoes in 2016, since the surgical strikes after Uri, and India's exports fell to Rs 10,000 until January 2018-19 from Rs 368 cr in 2016-17.
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