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The prices of chicken and almost all vegetables have dropped compared to the last week in different kitchen markets throughout Dhaka, thanks to a supply increase in the city.
On a spot visit on Friday, The Business Post found that traders are selling farm chicken for Tk 147 – Tk 150 per kg compared to Tk 150 – Tk 155 last week. They are also selling sonalika chicken for Tk 270 – Tk 275 per kg, a drop from Tk 290 – Tk 295 in the previous week.
During mid-September, traders were selling sonalika chicken for Tk 290 – Tk 295 per kg, but the price later climbed to Tk 310 – Tk 320 in mid-October.
Vegetables prices, including eggplant, green chili, brinjal, ladies finger, cauliflower, red amaranth, bottle gourd, tomato, okra, teasel gourd, snake gourd, and white radish dropped on Friday compared to the last week.
Traders are selling bean for Tk 50 – Tk 60 per kg, which was Tk 80 – Tk 100 last week, and green chili for Tk 60 – Tk 70 per kg, which was Tk 110-120 in the last week.
They are selling brinjal for Tk 60 per kg, ladies finger Tk 50 per kg, pumpkin Tk 35 – Tk 40 per kg, cauliflower Tk 40 – Tk 50 per piece, cabbage Tk 35 – Tk 40 per piece, white radish Tk 25 – Tk 30 per kg, bitter melon Tk 70 – Tk 80 per kg, cucumber Tk 40 per kg, green papaya Tk 30 per kg and four lemons for Tk 15 – Tk 20.
Though vegetable prices have dropped, the price of ripe tomatoes is still relatively high. Traders are selling the tomatoes for Tk 120 per kg, which was Tk 140 last week. Fans return to Tigers’ den
Saifur Rahaman, a vegetable vendor in Mirpur-1 kitchen market, said, “The vegetable prices are comparatively low this week due to an adequate supply of winter vegetables in the kitchen markets.
“However, most consumers still expressed their dissatisfaction with commodity price hikes, especially vegetables.”
Onion prices have remained stable in the capital. Traders are selling a kilogramme of the local variety for Tk 60 – Tk 65, while the Indian one cost Tk 50 in several kitchen markets in the capital.
On November 17, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said the commodity prices will not come down in Bangladesh as long as the rates are high in the international market.
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) on November 3 started truck sales of essential goods. The corporation also raised soybean oil and lentil prices.
On October 19, the Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association raised the price of soybean oil by Tk 7 per litre and palm oil by Tk 3 per litre. Per litre of non-bottled soybean oil currently costs Tk 136, five-litre bottled soybean oil Tk 760 and per litre palm oil Tk 118.
The government on September 14 withdrew import duties on onion and reduced it on sugar by 10 per cent to stabilise the prices of the two essential commodities in the local market. On September 9, the government fixed new prices of packaged and non-packaged sugar for the first time.
The maximum retail price of per kg non-packaged sugar was set at Tk 74, which was Tk 80 in the market, and that of packaged sugar at Tk 75, which was Tk 85.
