Average price of 1kg of tomato increases by 17.51% YoY  —NBS

By Kayode Tokede

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that average price of 1kg of tomato increased by 17.51 per cent Year-on-Year as at December 31, 2020.

Accoring to the bureau, selected food price watch data for December 2020 reflected that the average price of 1 dozen of Agric eggs medium size increased year-on-year by 9.12per cent and month-on month by 0.9 per cent % to N499.55 in December 2020 from N494.72 in November 2020 while the average price of piece of Agric eggs medium size (price of one) increased year-on-year by 11.49 per cent and month-on-month by 1.43 per cent to N45.40 in December 2020 from N44.75 in November 2020.

He stated that, “The average price of 1kg of tomato increased year-on-year by 17.51 per cent and decreased month-on-month by -1.92 per cent to N310.10 in December 2020 from N316.16 in November 2020.

“The average price of 1kg of rice (imported high quality sold loose) increased year-on-year by 19.80 per cent and month-on-month by 0.17 per cent to N550.94 in December 2020 from N549.98 in November 2020.

“Similarly, the average price of 1kg of yam tuber increased year-on-year by 12.89 per cent and decreased month on month by -1.17% to N233.48 in December 2020 from N236.25 in November 2020.