The price of imported garlic increased in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday due to a rise in demand for the commodity. Traders said the demand for the item increased as an off-seasonal shortage made the local garlic scarce on the city markets.
They said that the price of imported garlic would remain high until the next harvest of local garlic.
The price of imported garlic increased by Tk 10 a kilogram over the week and the item was selling at Tk 90-Tk 100 a kg while the local item was selling at Tk 90 a kg on Friday.
The price of onion remained unchanged and the item was selling at Tk 40-Tk 45 a kg while the imported one was retailing at Tk 38-Tk 40 a kg on the day.
The prices of winter vegetables remained stable.
Cauliflower and cabbage weighting around 300 grams to 500 grams were retailing at Tk 25 a piece and Tk 20 a piece respectively on Friday.
Radish, bean and spinach were selling at Tk 25 a kg, Tk 40 a kg and Tk 30 a kg respectively on the day.
Aubergine was selling at Tk 35-Tk 40 a kg, tomato at Tk 70 a kg, cucumber at Tk 35 a kg, papaya at Tk 20 a kg, okra at Tk 40 a kg and bitter gourd at Tk 40 a kg on the day.
The price of green chilli decreased by Tk 20 a kg and the item was selling at Tk 80 a kg over the week.
The prices of fish remained unchanged.
Rohita was selling at Tk 250-Tk 350 a kg, katla at Tk 230-Tk 300 a kg, pangas at Tk 120-Tk 180 a kg and tilapia at Tk 110-Tk 150 a kg, depending on their size and quality.
The prices of unpacked soya bean and super palm oil remained stable and the items were retailing at Tk 110 a kg and Tk 80 a kg respectively.
The price of bottled soya bean oil (five litres) remained unchanged and it was selling at Tk 540 to Tk 560 in the city’s kitchen markets.
Ginger price remained unchanged and the commodity was retailing at Tk 160-Tk 280 a kg.
The price of egg remained unchanged and the item was selling at Tk 28-Tk 30 a hali (four pieces) in the city on Friday.
Potato price remained stable and the item was selling at Tk 22-Tk 25 a kg over the week.
Sugar price remained unchanged and it was selling at Tk 45-Tk 47 a kg on Friday.
The price of beef remained high and the item was selling at Tk 300 a kg while mutton was selling at Tk 460-Tk 480 a kg over the week.
The price of broiler remained unchanged and the item was selling at Tk 125-Tk 140 a kg on the day.
The price of red lentil imported from Turkey and Canada was selling at Tk 90 a kg on Friday.
The fine variety of red lentil was selling at Tk 120 a kg on Friday while its local variety was selling at Tk 115 a kg.
Coarse varieties of rice were retailing at Tk 35-Tk 37 a kg on Friday.
The fine variety of miniket rice was selling at Tk 48-Tk 50 a kg while the coarse varieties were retailing at Tk 44-Tk 46 a kg.
The fine varieties of BR-28 rice were selling at Tk 42-Tk 46 a kg and the coarse variety of parija was selling at Tk 38-Tk 41 a kg.
The fine variety of najirshail was selling at Tk 55-Tk 57 a kg and the coarse varieties were retailing at Tk 44-Tk 48 a kg.
-With New Age input
