Green chilli prices go further up

After the onion prices brought tears, consumers now find green chilli burn a hole in their pocket. The prices of green chilli rose by around Tk100 per kilogram in a week. As if that was not good enough, prices of other vegetables, too, have drastically increased. No vegetable cost below Tk50 a kg in the middle of the week. Traders claim floods in several parts of the country following incessant rains caused a shortage of supplies and the resultant rise in prices, particularly that of chilli. Imported green chillies were being sold at Tk250 to 280 a kg and local green chillies at Tk 280 to 300 in Dhaka on Tuesday. The maximum price of imported green chilli was Tk 150 last week. Local chillies were selling Tk 200 to 270 last week. Last Friday, many of the traders were seen charging Tk 280 for a kg of the variety (local green chilli). They were selling 250 grams of green chilli at Tk 75. When asked why he was charging such an exorbitant price, ‘Mohsin’, a trader at New Market kitchen market, promptly replied: “Quality of chilli is good, so the price is high. We are also buying at higher prices. If you buy from others, out of 250 grams you will find 50 grams of chillies either rotten or very tender. But I am not selling such stuffs,” he added. The same varieties of chillies were selling at almost same prices at Mohakhali, according to a news agency.
- biplab