Although prices of most vegetables have not increased during the week, most of the vegetables are being sold at higher prices as before. However, the prices of fish and chicken have come down slightly.
Cucumber, raw banana and papaya have also become cheaper.
The information was obtained by visiting various markets in the capital on Friday (August 14).
On Friday, it was seen that currently, the price of Balsam apple is 60-100 Taka, pointed gourd 40-50 Taka, brinjal 60-80 Taka and potato 35 Taka per kg. Per kg of asparagus bean is being sold at 60-70 Taka, snake gourd at 50-60 Taka, ridge gourd at 50-60 Taka and sweet bitter gourd at 50-60 Taka.
Hybrid cucumbers are being sold at 30-40 Taka, arum-lobe at 40-50 Taka, green papaya at 30-40 Taka and raw bananas at 90 Taka per dozen. Besides, at present, per kg domestic chilli is being sold at 200 Taka and imported chilli at 180 Taka. Ripe tomatoes are being sold at 100-120 Taka per kg and carrots at 80-90 Taka per kg.
Buyers and sellers are divided over the high prices of vegetables. Vendors claim vegetables are not coming to market as before due to the ongoing floods in the country, whereas, buyers allege there is adequate supply of vegetables in the market and the price of the products is not decreasing due to lack of market monitoring.
Taseer Uddin, a vegetable seller at Mohammadpur Townhall Bazar, told The Business Post that vegetables were not coming to the market much as the ongoing floods had caused severe damage to crops. Supply of vegetables is much less in the yard. Due to this, the price is not decreasing.
At that time, a buyer named Shahidul Islam said there is no shortage of vegetables in the market. Shopkeepers are demanding higher prices due to floods. But there has been no such flood in the whole country that can make vegetables so expensive even in the full season. He said due to lack of regular market monitoring, traders can increase prices instead of reducing them.
The prices of beef and mutton remained unchanged. Beef is being sold at 550-580 Taka per kg and mutton at 750-780 Taka per kg in these markets. But eggs are being sold at high prices. Dozen of red eggs are being sold at 110 to 115 Taka. Domestic chicken eggs are being sold at 180 Taka and duck eggs at 130 to 140 Taka a dozen.
However, the price of fish has come down in a week. There is also a downward trend in the chicken market.
The price of golden and domestic chicken has come down by 20 to 50 Taka per kg in a week.
However, broilers are being sold at the previous price. At present, per kg of broiler chickens are being sold at 125 to 135 Taka. Red layer chicken is being sold at 220 Taka and white layer chicken at 180 Taka per kg. Besides, golden chicken is being sold at 240 to 250 Taka per kg and domestic chicken at 550 Taka per kg.
At present, hilsa weighing 1.25-1.50 kg is being sold at 1100-1200 Taka per kg, hilsa weighing one kg is being sold at 900-1000 Taka per kg, 750 gm weighing hilsa at 600-650 Taka per kg, 500 gm weighing fish at 450-500 Taka per kg and small hilsa is being sold at 300 to 350 Taka per kg.
The price of other fish has also come down by 40-50 Taka per kg as the price of hilsa has come down.
A fishmonger in Karwanbazar named Kafil Uddin said to The Business Post the supply of hilsa in the market has increased a lot, so the price is also lower.
Meanwhile, the prices of ginger, onion and garlic remained the same in the markets. Onions are being sold at 40 to 45 Taka per kg, ginger at 130 to 140 Taka per kg and garlic at 90 to 100 Taka per kg.
Prices of rice, pulses and edible oil also remained unchanged. At present, per kg miniket (new) rice is being sold at 52 to 54 Taka, miniket (old) at 55 Taka, basmati at 58 to 60 Taka, guti swarna at 40 to 42 Taka and polao rice at 95 to 100 Taka. Open soybean oil (red) is currently being sold at 95 Taka per litre, open (white) soybean oil at 100 Taka per litre. Open mustard oil is being sold at 200 Taka per litre.
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