Prices of broiler, Sonali and Pakistani chicken have witnessed a hike in Dhaka’s kitchen markets on Tuesday compared to Monday’s prices.
However, the egg price declined by Tk 5.0 per dozen while prices of almost all essentials including vegetables, sugar and edible oils remained steady with many of them maintaining the previous hike in the markets.
Some vegetables like red tomato, bitter gourd are still getting pricier in the markets.
Prices of major vegetables, namely brinjal, bean, pumpkin, pointed gourd, potato and green chili, have remained static.
Prices of three important spices -- onion, ginger and garlic -- have remained steady.
The state-run Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM) in its daily report on Tuesday stated that eggs were being sold at Tk 32-34 (four pieces), local sugar at Tk 77-78 per kg, salt (packed) at Tk 27-33 per kg, lentil at Tk 105-111 per kg, onion local at Tk 60-65 per kg and flour (packed) at Tk 39-41 at the markets.
Tomatoes (mature) are being sold at Tk 71-81 per kg, broiler chickens at Tk 144-150 a kg, soybean oil at Tk 143-145 per litre, garlic (local) at Tk 47-57 per kg, garlic (imported) at Tk 136-44 per kg, ginger (local) at Tk 71-80 per kg and ginger (imported) at Tk 71-80 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 150-Tk 152 a kg at the wholesale level on Tuesday as against Tk 148 on Monday.
Sonali and Pakistani chicken are being sold at Tk 255-160 per kg respectively at the retail level, whereas it was Tk 250 on Monday, he said.
As for red eggs, salesman Rasel said they were being sold at Tk 95 at the retail level as against Tk 100 on Monday.
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 Tuesday compared to Monday.
Round brinjal (black and white) was selling at Tk 130-140, and long brinjal at Tk 120 per five kg on Tuesday, which are the same as Monday’s, 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. 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 Monday.
Radish was being sold at Tk 120-Tk 140 per five kg at the wholesale level on Tuesday, 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, while ginger (imported) and local garlic were selling at Tk 95-100 and Tk 50-60 per kg respectively, according to him.
Burmese variety of onion was being sold at Tk 55 per kg at the retail level on Tuesday, also like Monday, he added.
The prices of garlic at wholesale markets range between Tk 45 and Tk 100 per kg, the vendor added.
Jubayer Hossain, a wholesalwer 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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