Despite the relief in winter vegetables, the price of onion and potato is not decreasing

The prices of onions and potatoes are not within the reach of common people. However, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has already exempted customs duty and regulatory duty on imported onions and reduced the import duty on potatoes to 15 percent as well as 3 percent regulatory duty. However, these two essential products are being sold at high prices in the retail market. However, due to the increase in the supply of various winter vegetables in the market, the prices of vegetables have decreased slightly.

On Wednesday (November 20), this information was obtained by visiting different raw markets of the capital.

Old potatoes are being sold at 70-75 Tk per kg in retail shops. Some small size potatoes are being sold at Tk 65 per kg. Apart from this, domestic onions are being sold at a minimum price of Tk 130 to a maximum of Tk 150 and imported onions at a price of Tk 100 to a maximum of Tk 110 per kg.

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) market rate report says that the reduction and withdrawal of duty did not have any benefit in the market. In the space of one month, the price of domestic onion has increased by 21.74 percent and imported onion by 5.13 percent.

Some relief in the vegetable market

The vegetable market has a large supply of cauliflower, cabbage, tomato, round brinjal, long brinjal, bitter gourd, gourd, green papaya, cucumber, carrot, cauliflower, barbati, chichinga, sweet pumpkin, jinga, kachur lati, and other vegetables.

Among these, cauliflower and cabbage are being sold at 50-70 taka each and gourd at 60-80 taka each. Besides, papaya 40 taka, chichinga 60-65 taka, shrimp 60-70 taka, bean 100-120 taka, usta 60-80 taka, bitter gourd 100 taka, barbati 60-70 taka, potal 60-70 taka, sweet pumpkin 80 taka, long eggplant 70 taka, cucumber 60 taka, kachur rhima 80 taka and raw tomatoes are being sold at taka 150-160 per kg.

Vegetable sellers say that the supply of winter vegetables is increasing in the market. Supply will double from next month. As a result, prices of vegetables are likely to fall further.

A vegetable seller named Rafiqul Islam said that in the middle the price of some vegetables went above 100 taka, they returned to 60-70 taka. A lot of winter vegetables are coming from North Bengal right now. This supply will further increase from the beginning of next month and the supply will double when the season starts fully in the middle of the month. Then the price will drop further.

After reviewing the market, Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) says that recently flour white (open), flour (open), soybean oil (loose), palm oil (loose), soybean oil (bottle), palm oil super, dry pepper (desi ), Turmeric (Desi), Ginger (Imported), Turmeric (Imported), Cardamom, Bay leaf, Cow, Dano, Writing Paper (White) increased in price.

Again rice-saru (nazeer/miniket), rice bran oil (5 liter bottle), dal (Nepali), anchor dal, onion (imported), garlic (desi), coriander, cotton, hilsa, chicken (broiler), diploma ( New Zealand), Fresh, Marks, Sugar, Cucumber, Potato, Green Chilli, Long Eggplant prices have decreased. Besides, it has been reported that the prices of other products have remained unchanged.