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Prices of tomatos and onions went up 100 per cent in the week to Friday while that of yam is stable, the GNA Esoko survey has shown. A paint container of tomatoes, which was sold at GH�10.00 last week, is now being sold this week at GH�20.00 while onion had also been increased from GH�15.00 to GH�30.00 at the previous close. Also the price of a five-kilogram bag of foreign rice increased from GH�27 to GH�30. The price of three tubers of medium size yam is, however, unchanged at last week's closing price of GH�5.00. Some of the market women explained to GNA market watchers that steep rise in the prices of onion and tomato is attributable to short supply because this is the off-season for the two commodities. A GNA market survey conducted in the two main Aboabo and the Tamale Central markets showed mixed prices of other commodities some of which remained stable and others increased or decreased. Below is the full list of the prices of the commodities Commodities Current Prices Last week Prices Maize GH �3.00 GH �2.70 Tomatoes GH �20.00 GH �10 Millet sorghum GH �3.50 GH �3.50 Cowpea GH �5.00 GH �5.50 Yam GH �5.00 (3-tubers) GH �5.00 (3-tuber) Groundnut GH �7.50 GH �8.00 Wheat GH �11.00 GH �11.00 Soya beans GH �5.00 GH �5.00 Beans GH �7.00 GH �7.00 Onion GH �30.00 GH �15.00 Pepper GH �8.00 GH �8.00 Local Rice GH �5.50 GH �5.50 Kontomere GH �1.00 GH �1.00 Foreign Rice GH �30.00 (5kg) GH �27.00 (5kg)