Anisul Islam Noor :
The price of essentials has gone up by 110 per cent in the current month compared with that in July, TCB data shows.
The price of onion and green chilli has been double, with no sign of decreasing.
The onion price increased by 90-110 per cent, 17 kinds of vegetables by 50-100 per cent, green chilli by 110 per cent, garlic by 20 per cent, riverine fish by 20-30 per cent and indigenous chicken by 10 per cent in the last two and half a weeks, according to Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) and Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM).
Short supply and crop loss in 22 districts due to recent rainfall and flood, water logging and nagging traffic in some wholesale hubs like Chittagong, Benapol, Bogra and Dinajpur countibuted to price -hike. Higher import duty on of some of the spice items helped the price- hike ahead of Holy Eid-ul-Azha, traders claimed.
Visiting different kitchen markets, the correspondent observed that prices of 17 vegetables including okra, snake gourd, pointed gourd, sponge gourd, and bottle gourd, increased by 60-100 per cent in the last two and half weeks in major cities, DAM data showed.
Green chilli was selling at Tk140 to 170 a kg, brinjal at Tk 60 to 80, tomato at Tk 140 to 150 a kg, potato at Tk 25 to 28, okra at Tk 60, parble at Tk 60, raddish at Tk 50, arum at Tk 40 to 50, snake gourd at Tk 60, french beans at Tk 80, balsam apple at Tk 70, teasel gourd at Tk 60, carrot at Tk 80 to 100, bitter gourd at Tk 60 to 70, cucumber at Tk 55 to 60, green papaya at Tk 30, pumpkin (medium size) at Tk 60 to 100 per piece, bottle gourd at Tk 60 to 70, ash gourd at Tk 40 to 50 per piece, cauliflower at Tk 40, coriander leaves at Tk 400 per kg, capsicum (red) at Tk 470 per kg and capsicum (green) at Tk 300 per kg. Lemon was selling at Tk seven to Tk10 per piece.
DAM Assistant Director T M Rashed Khan said that flood and inundation in 22 districts under Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna and Chittagong divisions have damaged more than 0.12 million hectares of vegetable fields.
He said pointed gourd was selling at Tk 40 a kg even at Savar, Dhamrai and Manikganj, famous for the produce.
He said that some 8,000 hectares of green chilli fields have been washed away due to rain and waterlogging.
Meanwhile, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre under the Water Development Board (BWDB) in its seven-day forecast, said water flow in major rivers including Jamuna, Brahmaputra and Padma might rise.
The centre has also been predicting a severe flood this month amid heavy rain, rising trend of rivers and the onrush of water from the neighbouring country.
DAM’s Rashed Khan said, prices of vegetables might soar further if flood prolongs.
Of fruits, apple sells at Tk 160 a kg, apple (green) at Tk 170 a kg, guava at 40 to 65 per kg, pears at Tk 250 per kg, Papya (ripe) at Tk 120 a kg, mango at Tk 140 to 170 per kg, pineapple at Tk 40 t0 50 per piece, hog-plum (amra) at Tk 55 per kg, pomelo (Jambura) at Tk 35 to 50 piece, palm at Tk 40 to 80 per piece and Grape at Tk 250 to 350 per kg.
Miniket prices showed hike by Tk 45-Tk 50 per 50 kg sack at wholesale market. Miniket, Jeerashail and Najirshail were selling at Tk 55-Tk 62 a kg on Friday.
Medium quality Brridhan-28 and Lota were sold at Tk 48-52 a kg.Coarse varieties like Swarna was being sold at Tk 48 while that of hybrid quality at Tk 45-Tk 46 a kg.
Local variety of onion was sold at Tk 58 to 65 while the imported variety at Tk 48 to 55 a kg in different city markets.Garlic was selling at Tk 90 to 120 a kg and ginger at Tk 90 to 110 a kg.
Narayan Chandra Saha, a spice trader and importer at Shyambazar wholesale market in the city, said price hike in India was responsible for the rise in onion prices in the local market.
He said prices of domestic produce also increased in line with the Indian onion amid heavy rain and floods in many districts.
Saha said onion import cost rose to Tk 37 to 40 recently from Tk 16 to 22 a kg earlier.
He said prices of imported onion might go up further as the Indian government was considering fixing minimum export price for the item (US $450 a tonne) amid a hike in prices on its domestic market.
Secretary of Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan said imported onion under new L/Cs was yet to arrive in the market.
But the spice, imported in June and July at Tk 16 to Tk 22 a kg, is selling at Tk 50 in city markets, he said.
He said private importers brought in over 0.75 million tonnes of onion in the last seven months when local production was 1.8 million tonnes.
Of fishes, Pabda was selling at Tk 500-Tk 650, Golsha at Tk 400-500, Tengra at Tk 400-450, Shing and Magur at Tk 450-Tk 800 and Shoul at Tk 350 -500 a kg in the city markets. Of other fishes, Butter fish was sold at Tk 300 to 350, sheat (boal) at Tk 500 to 700, lobster at Tk 450 to 600 ,shrimp (River) at Tk 350 to 400, puti at Tk 250 to 450 per kg, cultivated koi at Tk 150 to 180 per kg, Fali Chanda (Rupchanda) at Tk 900 to 1100 per kg, lata fish at Tk 250 to 350 and Eel at Tk 450 to 550 per kg, batashi at Tk 400 to 500, koi (river) at Tk 600, Aire fish at Tk 500 to 700, Baila at Tk 400 to 550 per kg, coral fish at Tk 450 to 600 per kg, river Pangas at Tk 350 per kg, cultivated Pangas at Tk 140 per kg, Rajputi at Tk 300 per kg and Telapia at Tk 150 to Tk 200 per kg.
Hilsha was selling at Tk 900 a kg weighing one kg per piece and Tk 1400 weighing 1.3 kg. At Paksey in Pabna district, hilsha is dear.
Local chicken weighing 700gm to 900gm was selling at Tk 350 to 400 per piece while Pakistani origin variety (similar weight) was selling at Tk 220 to 250. Farm chicken was selling at Tk 155 to Tk 160 per kg, farm eggs were selling at Tk 30 to 34 per haali and egg (duck) at 44 to 50 per haali.
Beef was selling at Tk 490-Tk 520 per kg and red meat (goat) at Tk750 to 800 a kg.
The price of essentials has gone up by 110 per cent in the current month compared with that in July, TCB data shows.
The price of onion and green chilli has been double, with no sign of decreasing.
The onion price increased by 90-110 per cent, 17 kinds of vegetables by 50-100 per cent, green chilli by 110 per cent, garlic by 20 per cent, riverine fish by 20-30 per cent and indigenous chicken by 10 per cent in the last two and half a weeks, according to Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) and Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM).
Short supply and crop loss in 22 districts due to recent rainfall and flood, water logging and nagging traffic in some wholesale hubs like Chittagong, Benapol, Bogra and Dinajpur countibuted to price -hike. Higher import duty on of some of the spice items helped the price- hike ahead of Holy Eid-ul-Azha, traders claimed.
Visiting different kitchen markets, the correspondent observed that prices of 17 vegetables including okra, snake gourd, pointed gourd, sponge gourd, and bottle gourd, increased by 60-100 per cent in the last two and half weeks in major cities, DAM data showed.
Green chilli was selling at Tk140 to 170 a kg, brinjal at Tk 60 to 80, tomato at Tk 140 to 150 a kg, potato at Tk 25 to 28, okra at Tk 60, parble at Tk 60, raddish at Tk 50, arum at Tk 40 to 50, snake gourd at Tk 60, french beans at Tk 80, balsam apple at Tk 70, teasel gourd at Tk 60, carrot at Tk 80 to 100, bitter gourd at Tk 60 to 70, cucumber at Tk 55 to 60, green papaya at Tk 30, pumpkin (medium size) at Tk 60 to 100 per piece, bottle gourd at Tk 60 to 70, ash gourd at Tk 40 to 50 per piece, cauliflower at Tk 40, coriander leaves at Tk 400 per kg, capsicum (red) at Tk 470 per kg and capsicum (green) at Tk 300 per kg. Lemon was selling at Tk seven to Tk10 per piece.
DAM Assistant Director T M Rashed Khan said that flood and inundation in 22 districts under Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna and Chittagong divisions have damaged more than 0.12 million hectares of vegetable fields.
He said pointed gourd was selling at Tk 40 a kg even at Savar, Dhamrai and Manikganj, famous for the produce.
He said that some 8,000 hectares of green chilli fields have been washed away due to rain and waterlogging.
Meanwhile, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre under the Water Development Board (BWDB) in its seven-day forecast, said water flow in major rivers including Jamuna, Brahmaputra and Padma might rise.
The centre has also been predicting a severe flood this month amid heavy rain, rising trend of rivers and the onrush of water from the neighbouring country.
DAM’s Rashed Khan said, prices of vegetables might soar further if flood prolongs.
Of fruits, apple sells at Tk 160 a kg, apple (green) at Tk 170 a kg, guava at 40 to 65 per kg, pears at Tk 250 per kg, Papya (ripe) at Tk 120 a kg, mango at Tk 140 to 170 per kg, pineapple at Tk 40 t0 50 per piece, hog-plum (amra) at Tk 55 per kg, pomelo (Jambura) at Tk 35 to 50 piece, palm at Tk 40 to 80 per piece and Grape at Tk 250 to 350 per kg.
Miniket prices showed hike by Tk 45-Tk 50 per 50 kg sack at wholesale market. Miniket, Jeerashail and Najirshail were selling at Tk 55-Tk 62 a kg on Friday.
Medium quality Brridhan-28 and Lota were sold at Tk 48-52 a kg.Coarse varieties like Swarna was being sold at Tk 48 while that of hybrid quality at Tk 45-Tk 46 a kg.
Local variety of onion was sold at Tk 58 to 65 while the imported variety at Tk 48 to 55 a kg in different city markets.Garlic was selling at Tk 90 to 120 a kg and ginger at Tk 90 to 110 a kg.
Narayan Chandra Saha, a spice trader and importer at Shyambazar wholesale market in the city, said price hike in India was responsible for the rise in onion prices in the local market.
He said prices of domestic produce also increased in line with the Indian onion amid heavy rain and floods in many districts.
Saha said onion import cost rose to Tk 37 to 40 recently from Tk 16 to 22 a kg earlier.
He said prices of imported onion might go up further as the Indian government was considering fixing minimum export price for the item (US $450 a tonne) amid a hike in prices on its domestic market.
Secretary of Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan said imported onion under new L/Cs was yet to arrive in the market.
But the spice, imported in June and July at Tk 16 to Tk 22 a kg, is selling at Tk 50 in city markets, he said.
He said private importers brought in over 0.75 million tonnes of onion in the last seven months when local production was 1.8 million tonnes.
Of fishes, Pabda was selling at Tk 500-Tk 650, Golsha at Tk 400-500, Tengra at Tk 400-450, Shing and Magur at Tk 450-Tk 800 and Shoul at Tk 350 -500 a kg in the city markets. Of other fishes, Butter fish was sold at Tk 300 to 350, sheat (boal) at Tk 500 to 700, lobster at Tk 450 to 600 ,shrimp (River) at Tk 350 to 400, puti at Tk 250 to 450 per kg, cultivated koi at Tk 150 to 180 per kg, Fali Chanda (Rupchanda) at Tk 900 to 1100 per kg, lata fish at Tk 250 to 350 and Eel at Tk 450 to 550 per kg, batashi at Tk 400 to 500, koi (river) at Tk 600, Aire fish at Tk 500 to 700, Baila at Tk 400 to 550 per kg, coral fish at Tk 450 to 600 per kg, river Pangas at Tk 350 per kg, cultivated Pangas at Tk 140 per kg, Rajputi at Tk 300 per kg and Telapia at Tk 150 to Tk 200 per kg.
Hilsha was selling at Tk 900 a kg weighing one kg per piece and Tk 1400 weighing 1.3 kg. At Paksey in Pabna district, hilsha is dear.
Local chicken weighing 700gm to 900gm was selling at Tk 350 to 400 per piece while Pakistani origin variety (similar weight) was selling at Tk 220 to 250. Farm chicken was selling at Tk 155 to Tk 160 per kg, farm eggs were selling at Tk 30 to 34 per haali and egg (duck) at 44 to 50 per haali.
Beef was selling at Tk 490-Tk 520 per kg and red meat (goat) at Tk750 to 800 a kg.
