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The prices of chicken and egg started to decline at both retail and wholesale levels since the beginning of the last week.
On Saturday, broiler chicken was sold at Tk155-Tk160 per kg, which was Tk165-Tk170 per kg a week ago.
Meanwhile, sonali chicken was sold at Tk290-Tk300 per kg, which was Tk310-Tk320 per kg last week.
The domestic variant of chicken was sold at Tk550-Tk600 per kg in the kitchen markets of the capital.
Moreover, the price of farm eggs also decreased compared to last week.
A dozen farm eggs were sold at Tk115-Tk120 in the various kitchen markets of the capital which were sold at Tk125-Tk130 per dozen last week and Tk150 in the last month.
Abdur Rahim, an egg seller from Mirpur Shah Ali kitchen market said that the price of farm eggs decreased due to adequate supply. However, the price of duck eggs has increased by Tk2-Tk3.
Domestic chicken eggs were sold at Tk180-Tk190 per dozen.
Meanwhile, winter vegetables are still overpriced in the kitchen markets of the capital despite the peak season.
However, compared to last week, the prices of vegetables declined very slightly.
Apart from a few vegetable items, there are no seasonal vegetables in the market under Tk50 per unit. Buyers say that such prices are unusual in the peak season.
According to the information from the various kitchen markets, eggplants are being sold at Tk40 per kg, beans at Tk60, gourd Tk60, carrot Tk100, cucumber Tk80, green chilli Tk40, tomato Tk100-Tk110 per kg and pumpkin Tk50-Tk70 per piece.
Most of the prices of these vegetables are the same as they were in the last 15 days.
However, the prices of cauliflower, cabbage, papaya and radish have decreased slightly.
Cauliflower was sold at Tk30 per piece, cabbage at Tk50 per piece and papaya at Tk20 per kg.
Riazul Islam, a vegetable seller said that vegetables like papaya, cauliflower, beans and cabbages are decreasing regularly and vegetables like pointed gourd and brinjal cost more because they are out of season and supply has declined significantly.
Meanwhile, global rice prices continue to soar, which raised concerns among the importers who are supposed to source 1.4 million tonnes of the staple within December this year.
All Rice Price Index of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), published on Friday, showed the Index reached 114.6 points, marking a 2.3% further hike in November last compared to October.
The price of Indica species consumed by the South Asians increased by 2.4% during the period, as Indian parboiled rice was sold at $370-385 a tonne excluding freight charges.
Pakistan parboiled, suitable for Bangladeshi consumers, was traded at $380-412, Thai of the same variety at $420-449 and Vietnamese at $410-426 a tonne excluding freight charges.
The FAO monthly report also said that the current rice prices are 14.7% higher than those a year ago.
Moreover, according to data from the state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), the price of rice hiked by Tk2-3 per kg in the last week.
The finer variant was sold at Tk75 per kg, which was Tk72 last week, paijam and lata variant was sold at Tk60 per kg, whereas the coarse variant was sold at Tk55 per kg.
Among other notable daily essentials, loose atta was sold at Tk63 per kg, packaged atta at Tk75, loose maida at Tk75 and packaged maida at Tk80 per kg.
Loose soybean oil was sold at Tk180 per litre, bottled at Tk190 per litre and 5-litre bottle were sold at Tk925 per litre. Sugar was sold at Tk115 per kg.
Although the government hiked the price of soybean oil and sugar, the supply of these two products is still not adequate in the kitchen market.
Retail sellers are still in the dark about the invisible reasons behind the inadequate supply of sugar and soybean oil.
(DT)
