Prices of almost all essentials have remained steady with many of them maintaining the previous hike in the capital’s kitchen markets on Saturday.
However, some vegetables like red tomato, bitter gourd are still getting pricier in the markets.
The prices of some major essentials like flour, edible oil and sugar remain static maintaining the previous hike.
Prices of major vegetables, namely brinjal, bean, pumpkin, bitter gourd, pointed gourd, potato and green chilli have remained static.
Prices of three important spices -- onion, ginger and garlic – have remained steady.
Price of broiler, Sonali and Pakistani – have also remained unchanged.
The state-run Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM) in its daily report on Saturday stated that eggs were being sold at Tk 32-34 (four pieces), local sugar at Tk 76-78 per kg, salt (packed) at Tk 27-32 per kg, lentil at Tk 105-111 per kg, onion local at Tk 56-62 per kg and flour (packed) at Tk 39-41 at the markets.
Red tomatoes are being sold at Tk 60-71 per kg, broiler chickens at Tk 147-153 a kg, soybean oil at Tk 142-145 per litre, garlic (local) at Tk 48-59 per kg, garlic (imported) at Tk 142-Tk150 per kg, ginger (local) at Tk 69-Tk 79 per kg and ginger (imported) at Tk 82-Tk 93 per kg.
After visiting some city kitchen markets, this correspondent found that prices of other different essential spices have remained stable.
Rasel, a salesman at New Bismillah Broiler at Mohammadpur Krishi Market, told The FE that he was selling broiler chickens at Tk 158-Tk 160 a kg at the wholesale level on Saturday which was the same on Friday.
Sonali and Pakistani chicken are being sold at Tk 248-Tk 250 per kg respectively at the wholesale level, whereas it was same on Friday, he said.
As for red eggs, salesman Rasel said they were being sold at Tk 95 at the retail level which was the same on Friday.
Talking to The Financial Express, Maksedul, a vegetable vendor at the city’s Adabor Bazar, said prices of almost all vegetables have remained unchanged on Saturday compared to Friday.
Round brinjal (black and white) was selling at Tk 130-140, and long brinjal at Tk 120 per five kg on Saturday, which are the same on Friday, he said.
As for the round and long brinjal at the retail level, the vegetable vendor said he was selling them for Tk 40-Tk 45 per kg.
The vegetable vendor said he bought bitter gourd at Tk 250-270 per five kg today, which is the same as yesterday's price. He said he was selling it at Tk 60 per kg at the retail level.
When asked about the retail prices of beans, cabbage, cauliflower and local cucumber, another mobile vegetable vendor, namely Hriday, said he was selling beans at Tk 40-Tk 50 per kg, cabbage Tk 25-35 per piece, cauliflower at Tk 35- 40 each per piece – like Friday.
Radish was being sold at Tk 120-Tk 140 per five kg at the wholesale level on Saturday, which was also the price the previous day, the vegetable vendor stated.
Some other vegetable vendors at Adabor, Mohammadpur Krishi Market along with mobile vendors also echoed the same price level.
Akash, a vendor at Mohammadpur Krishi Market, said prices of three important spices – onion, garlic and ginger – have remained stable in the wholesale market.
Prices of different varieties of onion including the local ones remained between Tk 48 and Tk 58 per kg in the wholesale market.
Ginger (imported) and local garlic were selling at Tk 95-100 and Tk 50-60 per kg respectively at the retail level, according to him.
Burmese variety of onion was being sold at Tk 55 per kg at the retail level on Saturday, also like Friday, he added.
The prices of local and imported garlic at wholesale markets range between Tk 45 and Tk 100 per kg, the vendor added.
Jubayer Hossain, a wholesaler at Mohammadpur Krishi Market, told The Financial Express that the prices of some major essentials like flour, edible oil, sugar and lentil were maintaining the previous hike.
Prices of these essentials were unlikely to decrease around the corner, he observed.
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