The per-kg price of first-grade tomato jumped to a staggering ₹200 at the Angallu wholesale market, near Madanapalle, in Annamayya district on July 28 (Friday).
As the first grade tomato was meant for export to the metropolitan cities and northern States, a large number of traders thronged the wholesale market.
Following a drastic fall in the yield, the price of tomato was almost similar in the markets in both Annamayya and Chittoor districts.