Prices of winter veggies, fish fall

Prices of winter vegetables at Dhaka’s kitchen markets fell by Tk10 to Tk20 per kilogramme (kg) over the past week as supplies increased, while prices of summer vegetables remained largely unchanged.

Similarly, fish prices decreased following the arrival of fresh catches, but chicken prices remained high.

While visiting kitchen markets in the capital’s Mirpur on Friday, it was seen that beans were selling for Tk50-60 per kg, down from Tk70-80 per kg in the previous week. Freshly harvested potatoes were selling for Tk70 per kg, radishes for Tk40 per kg, bottle gourds for Tk30-40 each, cauliflowers for Tk30-40 each and cabbages for Tk20-30 each. Sohel Hossain, a vegetable trader at a kitchen market in Mirpur-13, said almost all vegetable prices had declined from the previous week due to a significant increase in the supply of winter produce.

Pointed gourds, okra and snake gourds sold for Tk50-60 per kg, eggplants for Tk60-80 per kg, green chillies for Tk80-100 per kg, tomatoes for Tk80-100 per kg and olives for Tk40-50 per kg.

Meanwhile, onions and carrots were priced at Tk50-55 per kg and Tk120-130 per kg, respectively.

The price per kilogramme of taro stolons was Tk80, taro roots Tk40-50, cucumbers Tk70-80, yardlong beans Tk60-80 and pumpkins Tk40-50 per kg.

Four-piece bundles of lemons cost Tk20-40, while local coriander leaves were priced at Tk250 per kg and hybrid coriander leaves at Tk200.  Likewise, four-piece bunches of green bananas sold for Tk40, while the price of wax gourds was Tk50-60 per piece and capsicum was Tk300 per kg.

Farm eggs were selling at Tk130-135 per dozen, while the same number of duck eggs cost Tk 180. 

Chicken prices remained unchanged, with sonali chickens priced at Tk 320 per kg, hybrid sonali chickens at Tk290, red layer chickens at Tk330, broiler chickens at Tk180 and native chickens at Tk670. On the other hand, fish prices saw a slight decline. Hilsa weighing around 1.3 kg sold for up to Tk1,400, while the price was Tk600-800 for those weighing about 500 grams.

Farmed shing fish sold at Tk300-500 per kg, while native shing fish was priced at Tk1,200 to Tk1,400. 

Ruho fish sold at Tk350 to Tk550 per kg, native magur at Tk900 to Tk1,200, mrigal at Tk350 to Tk450 and farmed pangas at Tk180 to Tk220.