Retail price of salt goes up

The price of salt went up in the city’s retail markets over the week ending Friday.
Traders said that a supply shortage of packet salt took place in the market in recent time and the refiners hinted to increase the price of the item.
Distributers already started to charge extra price for the packet salt, they said.
The price of salt increased by Tk 3 a kg and the fine quality (triple refined) packet salt was being sold at Tk 38-Tk 40 a kg while refined item was being sold at Tk 35 a kg on Friday.
Refiners said that the price of salt would increase more if the government does not lift ban on import of the item as the price of local crude salt is increasing gradually.
‘We have recently informed the government that the price of refined salt would increase to Tk 45-Tk 50 a kg within a short time as the price of crude salt reached at Tk 14 per kg,’ Paritosh Kanti Saha, owner of Pubali Salt Industries, told New Age.
He said that they requested the government to allow the import of salt to keep the price of the item at a tolerable limit.
The prices of sugar, garlic, red lentil and vegetables remained high in the city markets over the week ending Friday.
Unpacked sugar was being retailed at Tk 70-Tk 72 a kilogram while packet item was selling at Tk 75 a kg in the city.
Local garlic was selling at Tk 150-Tk 180 a kg while the imported item was being sold at Tk 190-Tk 200 a kg in the city’s kitchen markets.
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.
Aubergine was selling at Tk 40-Tk 60 a kg, green chilli at Tk 80-Tk 100 a kg, bitter gourds at Tk 40-Tk 50 a kg, cucumber at Tk 60 a kg, bottle gourd at Tk 40-Tk 50 a piece, okra at Tk 50 a kg and papaya at Tk 30-Tk 35 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 decreased by Tk 10 a kg and the item was selling at Tk 135-Tk 150 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 34-Tk 36 a hali (four pieces) on Friday.
The price of bottled soya bean oil remained unchanged and a one-litre container of soya bean oil was selling at Tk 95-Tk 98, while that of a five-litre container remained unchanged at Tk 450-Tk 460 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 68-Tk 72 a kg.
The price of rice remained unchanged 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.

News Courtesy: www.newagebd.net