[ad_1]
This time, the government has increased the price of potatoes by five rupees per kg, but wholesalers and retailers do not sell at that price. As before, the potatoes were sold at Rs 45-50 per kg on the retail market on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, for the first time, the state marketing company Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has started selling potatoes at 25 Tk / kg in the open market across the country to keep the market stable.
As for not selling potatoes at government-set prices, retailers say wholesale prices remain the same and they have to buy at higher prices. And wholesalers say the supply of potatoes from the cold room has not yet increased. The price is higher than what is coming. As a result, prices are not falling.
Cold store owners claim that farmers and traders own protected potatoes. Of this, they have supplied two thirds of the potatoes on demand from cold stores in different districts. All that is left is stored as potato seeds.
Yesterday several markets were visited in the capital, such as Segundobagicha, Maniknagar, Purana Paltan, Motijheel and Mugda, most of the stores sell good quality potatoes at 50 Tk per kg. Those of slightly inferior quality are sold at 45 rupees per kg. The potatoes have been sold at wholesale prices of Taka 42-44 per kg at Karwan Bazar. However, it is sold at reduced prices in various supermarkets.
In retail markets, the supply of potatoes has decreased. The same situation occurs in the wholesale markets. Potatoes were seen yesterday in four or five wholesale stores in Karwan Bazaar. But 22-23 wholesale stores are always open in this market.
A trader, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Kaler Kanth that many people had stopped selling due to the market campaign. If the potatoes come from the cold room at the price set by the government, it will be fine again.
Wadud Kaler, a vegetable seller in Purana Paltan Bazar, told Kaler Kantha that he did not think once that he saw the high price of potatoes in Karwan Bazar. He brought a sack thinking they won’t find it later. Before, I used to sell three bags (50-60 kg per bag) of potatoes every day.
Last Tuesday, the government increased the price of potatoes by Tk 5 per kg to Tk 35 at the retail level, Tk 30 at the wholesale level and Tk 28 at the cold storage level. Earlier, when the anarchy began in the potato market, the government set the price at 30 Tk per kg at retail, 25 Tk per kg at wholesale and 23 Tk per kg in cold rooms. Traders of any level did not accept that price.
Cold room owners in Joypurhat told the media yesterday that the storage capacity of 16 cold rooms in the district was 1.5 lakh metric tons, but this time the potato stock was 130,000 metric tons. About two-thirds of the potatoes stored in each cold room are removed from the cold room by potato farmers and traders on a demand basis.
Meanwhile, TCB sold potatoes at 30 locations in the capital, including Motijheel and Secretary Gate. Due to the high prices in the retail market, there has been a great demand for TCB trucks. The potatoes from these trucks have been sold within two to three hours of the start of the sale.
In the Motijheel area, he spoke with Jewel Ahmed, a TCB distributor, the owner of Al Madina Enterprise. He said: ‘Potato sales started from today (Wednesday). We sell 300 kg of potatoes in each truck for 25 rupees. Due to the high price in the market, there is a high demand for all products on the truck. Especially the demand for potatoes and onions is high.
TCB has been selling lentil pulses at 50 Tk / kg, bottled soybean oil at 80 Tk / liter and onions at 38 Tk / kg on the open market.
[ad_2]
