IT is time that tomato production has been large in highland areas and Inlay areas in southern Shan State’s Nyaungshwe Township, making consumers enjoy it cheaply, according to vegetable wholesale trading centres in Nyaungshwe.
Similarly, the tomato trade is doing well now due to being cheap, according to vegetable traders in Monywa Township.
Of the two varieties of tomato, Chinese Taipei species are mainly transported to Yangon, Bago, Pyu, Mawlamyine, Bilin and Thaton, while local species, Burmese sour tomato trade have increased as the price has fallen.
“The price of local tomato species has climbed back today, but not too much. Chinese Taipei species, sweet tomato trade is also doing well, with orders from Yangon, Bago and Pyu as well as Mawlamyine, Bilin and Thaton. Both Chinese Taipei species and local species are cheap now so it is time that the trade has been fine,” said Ma Shu Shu, a tomato retail and wholesale distributor in Monywa Township. – Thit Taw/ZS