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The onion has added to the discomfort of shoppers with vegetables. The price of this essential product has increased from Tk 15 to Tk 20 per kg in an interval of one day on Friday. The government’s marketing agency, Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), also raised the issue of onion prices yesterday in its market price report. Meanwhile, buyers are in trouble due to the sudden increase in the price of vegetables and onions. Onion prices rose yesterday in the market. Because, last year’s discomfort with the price of onion still flashes in buyers’ memory. At that time, when India stopped exporting onions, the supply of onions in the market decreased. As a result, the price of onion rises to Rs 300 per kg. With which there was a great commotion throughout the country.
Now the panic of the buyers is working as the price of onion rises again. Yesterday, domestic onions were sold at Taka 60-65 per kg and imported onions at Taka 45-50 per kg in the capital’s retail market. A day ago it was sold for 40 to 45 and 30 to 35 rupees respectively.
Mubarak Hossain, an onion importer, told Ittefaq that new onions are imported from Bangalore, India each year during the first week of September. But this year, the onion crop has been affected by heavy rains and floods. As a result, the new onion from Bangalore will not arrive this time. This is the main reason why the price of onion has risen. Responding to a question, he said that old onions were being imported from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in India. But the price is falling. Prices are unlikely to drop anytime soon.
Along with onion, the price of garlic has also risen. Domestic garlic is sold for Rs 100-120 / kg with an increase of Rs 20-30. And imported garlic is sold at Rs 80 per kg with an increase of Rs 10. The prices of lentils and potatoes have risen. Large lentils are sold at Rs 60-75 per kg, medium lentils at Rs 65-100 per kg, and small lentils at Rs 110-115 per kg. And the price of potatoes has increased by 5 rupees per kg. The potatoes were sold at 35 to 40 taka per kg on the market yesterday.
Meanwhile, all kinds of vegetables are still being sold at high prices. Among the different types of vegetables on the market yesterday were chichinga, eggplant, barbati, kankrol, patol, dhandash 70 to 80 rupees, karolla 60 to 100 rupees, cucumber 40 rupees, tomato 100 to 120 rupees, carrot 80 to 100 rupees, papaya, kachur lati and kachurmukhi. It sells between 40 and 50 rupees per kg. In addition to vegetables, the prices of different types of vegetables are also high. A small bunch (a handful) of spinach and red spinach sells for 30 rupees. Pumpkins and squash are sold for Rs 40 to Rs 50 each depending on the size. And green chilies are sold at 250 Tk per kg.
As before, vegetable traders said that the price of vegetables has risen because vegetable fields were destroyed by the floods. The supply of vegetables on the market will increase only if the floods improve. Then the price will go down. At present, 36 districts, including the northern part of the country, have been inundated by floods from four points. This has caused extensive damage to various crops, including vegetables.
Ittefaq / KK
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