Despite a large supply of early winter vegetables, consumers saw no relief as prices of most vegetables rose at the capital’s kitchen market on Friday.
A variety of early winter vegetables, such as beans, bottle gourd, radish, tomato, cucumber, pointed gourd, peas, okra, spiny gourd, sponge gourd, bitter gourd, red amaranth, and spinach, are available in the kitchen market, but their prices remain considerably high.
Saiful Alam, a trader at Mirpur 13 kitchen market, said, “Prices of all varieties have risen by Tk10–20 per kilogram compared to last week.”
He explained that farmers cultivate abundant early winter vegetables to maximise profits, and prices are expected to drop once the full supply of seasonal winter vegetables hits the market.
A visit to the kitchen markets in Mirpur 6, 11, 13, and Shewrapara showed that early winter vegetables were being sold at notably higher prices.
Beans were sold at Tk160–200 per kg, tomatoes at Tk120–160, carrots at Tk120–140, radish at Tk60, small cauliflowers at Tk60–80 each, cabbage at Tk70–80 each, and bottle gourd at Tk50–80 each.
Among summer vegetables, ridge gourd, bitter gourd, yardlong beans, eggplant, taro stems, pointed gourd, and snake gourd were selling for Tk80–120 per kg.
Green chillies were sold at Tk160–200 per kg, depending on the variety. Raw papaya fetched Tk25–30 per kg, sweet pumpkin Tk50 per kg, local cucumber Tk70 per kg, and hybrid cucumber Tk50 per kg.
Lemon (four pieces) sold for Tk20–40, coriander leaves at Tk350 per kg, raw bananas (four pieces) at Tk50, wax gourd at Tk60 each, capsicum at Tk400 per kg, and teasel gourd at Tk100 per kg.
Leafy greens were sold at Tk30 per bunch for red amaranth, Tk50 for bottle gourd leaves, Tk30 for two bunches of water spinach, Tk40 for Malabar spinach, and Tk50 for two bunches of stem amaranth.
Potatoes were sold at Tk20–25 per kg, while local onions fetched Tk80–90 per kg. Last week, potatoes were priced at Tk25 per kg and local onions at Tk75–80 per kg.
Sonali chickens were sold at Tk310 per kg, Sonali hybrid chickens at Tk290, red layer chickens at Tk310, broiler chickens at Tk180–190 per kg, and local chickens at Tk580–590 per kg.
Farm eggs were sold at Tk140 per dozen, duck eggs at Tk210 per dozen, four local chicken eggs at Tk110, and four golden cockerel eggs at Tk70.
Beef was sold at Tk750–780 per kg, beef head meat at Tk450 per kg, and mutton at Tk1,200 per kg.
Although hilsa remained unavailable, other fish were sold as usual: farmed catfish (shing) at Tk350–550 per kg, local shing at Tk1,000–1,200, rohu at Tk400–550, local magur at Tk800–1,000, mrigel at Tk350–400, pangas at Tk200–230, shrimp at Tk800–1,400, boal at Tk600–800, katla at Tk400–550, pabda at Tk400–450, tilapia at Tk220, and koi at Tk220–230 per kg.
Local ginger was sold at Tk140–160 per kg, Chinese ginger at Tk200, local garlic at Tk140, and Indian garlic at Tk160. Lentils fetched Tk160 per kg, mung beans Tk180, chickpeas Tk110, and khesari pulses Tk140.
Courtesy: Daily Sun.
Bd-pratidin English/TR
