Garlic price on the rise, vegetables remain high

The price of garlic went up while the prices of most of the vegetables remained high in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday.
Traders said that the price of garlic increased as the price of the item went up in the international market.
They also said that shortage of local variety of garlic and the import price hike pushed up the price of the commodity.
Price of garlic increased by Tk 20 a kg over the week and the imported item was being sold at Tk 180-Tk 200 a kg while local item was selling at Tk 140-Tk 180a kg in the city’s kitchen markets.
The prices of vegetables remained high in the city markets over the week.
Aubergine was selling at Tk 40-Tk 60 a kg, green chilli at Tk 80-Tk 120 a kg, bitter gourds at Tk 40-Tk 60 a kg, cucumber at Tk 40 a kg, bottle gourd at Tk 40-Tk 50 a piece, okra at Tk 50 a kg and papaya at Tk 35 a kg.
The prices of onion remained unchanged and the local varieties were being retailed at Tk 40-Tk 45 a kg and imported onions at Tk 30 a kg.
Fish prices remained unchanged. Rohita was selling at Tk 200-Tk 320 a kg, Katla at Tk 200-Tk 300 a kg, Pangas at Tk 120-Tk 280 a kg, and Tilapia at Tk 120-Tk 180 a kg, depending on size and quality.
The price of broiler chicken remained unchanged and the item was selling at Tk 165 a kg, while the locally-bred hens were selling at Tk 350-Tk 400 a kg on Friday.
Beef was being sold at Tk 420-Tk 440 a kg while mutton was selling at Tk 600-Tk 650 a kg over the week.
The price of eggs remained high and the item was selling at Tk 32-Tk 35 a hali (four pieces) on Friday.
The price of rice remained unchnged and the coarse item was being sold at Tk 32-34 a kg over the week.
BR-28 rice was selling at Tk 40-Tk 42 a kg, coarse variety of miniket rice was retailing at Tk 44-Tk 46 a kg, while the fine variety was selling at Tk 48-Tk 50 a kg in the city markets on Friday.
The fine variety of Najirshail rice was selling at Tk 52-Tk 54 a kg during the week.
The prices of bottled soya bean oil remained unchanged and a one-litre container of soya bean oil was selling at Tk 98, while that of a five-litre container remained unchanged at Tk 450-Tk 470 in the city’s retail markets on Friday.
The price of unpacked soya bean oil also remained unchanged, with the fine quality of the item selling at Tk 88-Tk 90 a kg on Friday, while palm oil was selling at Tk 65-Tk 67 a kg.
The price of sugar remained high and the item was being retailed at Tk 70-Tk 72 a kilogram in the city.

News Courtesy: www.newagebd.net