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Prices of foodstuffs and commodities in the Koforidua Central Market slightly dropped as compared to last week, a Ghana News Agency survey has revealed. The prices of yam, plantain, cocoyam, cassava, tomatoes, onions and smoked fish had slightly reduced as at Friday. A tuber of small yam that was sold for GHc 5.00 whiles the big one cost GHc 8.00 last week had reduced to GHc 4.00 and GHc 6.00 respectively, whiles a bunch of plantain that sold for between Ghc 50.00 and Ghc 30.00 now sells between Ghc 40.00 and Ghc 20.00. A bowl of tomatoes that sold at Ghc 10.00 was being sold at Ghc 5.00, a pack of cocoyam that sold at Ghc 10.00 was being sold at Ghc 5.00 whiles the price of onion remained unchanged. Tilapia that was sold at Ghc 20.00 per six (tilapia) was being sold at four (tilapia) at Ghc 10.00 whiles the price of smoked fish has also gone down a bit with price ranging between Ghc 2.00 and Ghc 5.00. Prices of vegetables; cabbages, green pepper, kontomire, okro and garden eggs, continued to be the cheapest items on the market whiles price of fruits remained unchanged. The market women told GNA that they believed that the drop in the prices of foodstuffs, vegetables, cocoyam and plantain was due to the rainy season. They said that because transportation fares remained unchanged it was likely that prices of commodities would sour again.