Farmgate Prices
Farmgate prices are collected on Wednesdays from farmers by the
Marketing and Extension Officers of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority
(RADA).
Retail Prices
Retail prices are collected by the Marketing Officers of the Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries (MOAF) on Thursdays of each week. These prices reflect
the retailers' selling price to the consuming public, and are collected amongst
16 corporate area supermarkets and warehouse shopping clubs
- MegaMart Wholesale Shopping Club
- PriceSmart Membership Shopping Club
- Hi-Lo Cross Roads
- Hi-Lo Halfway Tree
- Hi-Lo Barbican
- Brooklyn Halfway Tree
- Lees Food Fair
- Empire Liguanea
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- Empire Cross Roads
- Shoppers Fair Harbour View
- Shoppers Fair Duhaney Park
- John R Wong
- Michi Super Center
- Loshusan
- Public
- CariHome
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Retail prices provide a comparative overview of prices within a specified
location for selected agricultural produce.
Wholesale Prices
Wholesale prices are supplied to the MOAF from Retailers on Thursdays of each
week. Wholesale prices reflect a margin on the FarmGate prices or conversely the
price point before the retailers' margin.
Municipal Prices
Municipal market prices are collected by the Officers of the Ministry
of Agriculture and Fisheries, Agricultural Marketing Information Division. Urban
municipal market prices (Papine, Constant Spring, Cross Roads, and Coronation)
are collected in Kingston each Thursday. Rural municipal market prices are
collected on Fridays and Saturdays for dissemination on Monday afternoons. Rural
municipal market prices are collected throughout most parish capitals, and in
Manchester, prices are collected from markets in both Mandeville and Christiana.