While there is no certainty that the prices for agricultural commodities will remain stable during the Christmas period, retail price levels released by the New Guyana Marketing Corporation a week ago might well tempt consumers to purchase and store to guard against the eventuality of price increases.
As of last weekend, according to the New GMC, cabbage was being retailed at prices ranging from $120 to $140 per pound at both Stabroek and Bourda markets while okra was fetching prices ranging from $80 to $100 per pound. Pumpkin, meanwhile, was being retailed at $60 per pound. Other vegetables listed in the New GMC retail chart include bora which was trading at $40 per bundle, boulanger, at $100 per parcel, cucumbers at $40 each and squash at $200 each.
According to the retail chart, tomatoes were being retailed at $200 per pound, saeme at
