Onion prices have fallen for a second week in a row. Onions that sold for Tk 65-68 a kg last week are now selling for Tk 55-60. But prices of fish, meat and other daily essentials have not come down, a visit to several markets in the capital on Friday (22 October) found. In the first week of October onion prices had topped Tk 80.
As last week, broiler chicken is selling for Tk 180-190. Sellers are asking Tk 350 a kg for Sonali chicken and Tk 230 for layer chicken, and there is no sign of these prices falling soon. Beef and mutton are unchanged from the previous week at Tk 650 and Tk 1,000 a kg respectively.
Vegetables and fish
Among vegetables, early winter vegetables are now the most expensive. Beans are still around Tk 100 a kg, and tomatoes and carrots are selling for Tk 120-130. Cauliflowers are Tk 35-40 each, and bitter gourd and pointed gourd Tk 60.
The fish market is holding at last week's prices. Rui weighing 1 to 1.2 kg sells for Tk 250-280 a kg. Sellers are asking Tk 650-700 a kg for boal of around one and a half kg, and katla is Tk 400. Even small pangas are close to Tk 200.
Private-sector employee Mushfiqur Rahman told Ittefaq Online: "I don't understand why winter vegetables are so expensive. Harvesting has already started in most parts of the country and they are in the market, yet prices are not falling."
Chicken trader Hasan Ali said prices are high because chicken supply is still low, and there is no telling when supply will increase.
Source: Ittefaq. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.
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