Even as the market price of tomato dropped to ₹70 per kg on Friday from ₹120 a kg last month, giving a breather to the consumers, the officials in Annamayya and Chittoor districts said that the stabilisation of price of the vegetable was unlikely before the July-end.
The Madanapalle market in Annamayya district on Friday recorded the arrival of 490 metric tonnes of tomatoes when compared to less than 100 tonnes in mid-May. The officials said that there was a slight increase in the production in the last fortnight, which led to the reduction of prices in the wholesale and retail markets.
Tomatoes fetched ₹92 a kg for the first-grade variety in the wholesale market last month, while the price stood at ₹54 per kg on Friday.
