{"id":20961,"date":"2021-01-01T20:45:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T20:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=20961"},"modified":"2021-01-01T19:29:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T19:29:26","slug":"watermelon-prices-triple-in-dar-es-salaam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/watermelon-prices-triple-in-dar-es-salaam","title":{"rendered":"Watermelon prices triple in Dar es Salaam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>THE price of watermelons risen sharply in Dar es Salaam by almost three times in less than a month due to low supply.<\/p>\n<p>The wholesale price at Veterinary Market, the largest watermelon market in Temeke, Dar es Salaam, climbed from 2,000\/- at beginning of the month to 6,000\/- on Thursday as fruit shortages increased.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is normal at the end of the year since is out of season for watermelons.<\/p>\n<p>Veterinary Market Watermelon Traders Association Chairman Athumani Bakari said despite the high price the business was good because of the high demand of watermelons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe price sharply rose due to low supply as we used to receive 20 semi-trailer trucks a day, but now we only receive five semi-trailer trucks. \u201cThe drop in supply is noticeably high,\u201d Mr Bakari said.<\/p>\n<p>One semi-trailer truck carries about 8,000 and 9,000 watermelons. This means the market now receives 45,000 watermelons a day instead of 180,000 watermelons.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman noted that transport costs hiked further the price of watermelons since they were ferrying fruits from as far as Geita where hiring a semi-trailer truck cost as high as 1.6m\/-.<\/p>\n<p>During the season, they obtained fruits in regions near Dar es Salaam where it cost 400,000\/- a truck. Mr Bakari said most watermelons were from Ushirombo in Geita.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, a full truck of watermelon costs about 6.0m\/- to 8.0m\/- as the fruit is out of season, but it costs three times less during the season.<\/p>\n<p>Watermelon business changes according to season, thus the price tends to change abruptly in the market due to some challenges facing the business such as high transport and season conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the chairman said despite a good business they were facing challenges due to lack of a proper area for the watermelon market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not have a good area that allows us to do our business well because Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) gave us this place after our area flooded,\u201d Mr Bakari said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. THE price of watermelons risen sharply in Dar es Salaam by almost three times in less than a month due to low supply. 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