The prices of edible oil and onion went up in the city’s kitchen market over the week ending Friday due to supply shortage. Retailers said that the prices of edible oil increased a bit due to soaring prices in wholesale market in last few days and the prices of onion increased over the week with the pick season of its harvest is nearly ending. The prices of palm oil and super palm oil increased by Tk 2 a litre and were selling at Tk77-Tk 82 a litre and Tk 84-Tk 85 litre respectively over the week.
The price of unpacked soya bean oil increased by Tk 4 a kg and it was retailing at Tk 114-Tk 117 a kg on Friday.
The price of bottled soyabean oil remained unchanged and it was selling at Tk 560-Tk 575 a five-litre container.
Md Habibur Rahman, a retailer at Rampura kitchen market, told New Age that wholesalers increased the price of palm oil and soya bean oil.
Ruling out the claim of retailers, Md Golam Mawla, president of the Bangladesh Edible Oil Wholesale Merchants’ Association, said there was no reason of increasing the retail price of edible oil as the prices of soya bean oil decreased in the wholesale market in last couple of weeks.
The prices of onion increased by Tk 5 a kg over the week ending Friday due to supply shortage and the item was selling at Tk 30 a kg while the imported item was selling at Tk 25 a kg.
Md Shahidul Islam, a wholesaler at Karwan Bazar, said the prices of local onion increased as the pick season of harvest ended and some quarters were hoarding fine quality of item.
The prices of vegetables remained stable.
Aubergine was retailing at Tk 30-Tk 40 a kg, bitter gourd at Tk 40 a kg, bean at Tk 30 a kg, cucumber at Tk 30 a kg, okra at Tk 40 a kg, papaya at Tk 20 a kg, carrot at Tk 20 a kg and tomato at Tk 40 a kg on Friday.
The price of green chilli remained unchanged and the item was retailing at Tk 60 a kg on the day.
Mutton was selling at Tk 450 a kg while beef was selling at Tk 270-Tk 280 a kg.
Broiler price decreased by Tk 10 a kg and it was selling at Tk 140-Tk 145 a kg on Friday.
Sugar price remained unchanged and the item was selling at Tk 48-Tk 50 a kg.
Garlic and potato prices remained unchanged and the items were selling at Tk 75 a kg and Tk 15 a kg respectively on Friday.
The price of ginger decreased by Tk 20 a kg and the imported ginger was selling at Tk 220 a kg while the local one was retailing at Tk 160 a kg on Friday.
The price of egg decreased by Tk 4 a hali (four pieces) and was selling at Tk 24 a hali over the week.
Fish prices also remained stable over the week.
Rohita was selling at Tk 180-Tk 300 a kg on Friday, pangas at Tk 120-Tk 150 a kg and tilapia at Tk 150-Tk 180 a kg, depending on their size and quality.
Like previous week the prices of rice remained high over the week.
The fine varieties of miniket were selling at Tk 48-Tk 52 a kg while the coarse varieties were retailing at Tk 44-Tk 46 a kg on the day.
The fine varieties of BR-28 were selling at Tk 42-Tk 45 a kg and the coarse varieties of parija were selling at Tk 38-Tk 40 a kg on Friday.
-With New Age input
