According to TCB, domestic onion is being sold at Tk 40 to Tk 45. Imported onion is being sold at Tk 30-35. Last week, the price of onion was about 32 taka per kg. The imported onion was priced at Tk 25-30.
On the way, retailers are demanding 45 paisa per day onion onion in the capital city of Karwan Bazar. Wholesale traders want Tk 42 per kg. Sheawerpara and Kanthalbagan bazaar also saw the onion sold at the same rate. On the other hand, Indian onions sells at Tk 40 a kg.
Today, the wholesale price of onion onion prices in Shyambazar is Tk 36 to 37. Imported onion price is 35 paise. Prices of around 10 paisa more than last week.
Karwan Bazar businessman. Mofiz said in the first light that he got onion from Faridpur and sold it. From there, he bought 41 paisa at the rate. So we are selling here with profit of two or three taka.
As the commerce ministry, the country's onion demand is 22 million tonnes a year. Out of this 17 to 18 lakh tons are produced in the country. Onion is more cultivated in Faridpur region.
Faridpur Sadar Kanaipur Bazar trader. Tamizuddin Fakir said that the price increased from 10 to 15 days in Faridpur. In the market, where there was one thousand tons of money, now it is selling around Tk. 1,400.
Basically, due to heavy rains, the price increased due to floods, said Tamizuddin. He said, now the jute season. Traders are now busy preparing jute in the market more than onion.
In the supership dream today, onion onion is sold at Tk 40 per kg and onion at 30 rupees. Khilgaon dream super assistant Assistant Manager Arafat said the truck could not be reached due to rain and water logging. So the prices of onion increased slightly. The price of onion has increased to 2 to 5 rupees in dream than last week.
Maruf Hossain has purchased the local onion at Tk 40 per kg from the Kanthalbagan market this morning. He said, onion prices were quite low last week.
Meanwhile, the price of onion in the Indian market has also risen enormously. By just two weeks, the price of onion increased 4 times in the country. In a report on Economic Times, on Friday, onion prices were down by Rs 7 in India's market two weeks ago. And on Friday, it was trading at 26 rupees.
Market-related people think prices are rising as the onion supply is low in India. Onion is more cultivated in the country of Gujarat. There has been extensive flooding due to heavy rain. Lakhs of acres of crops have been destroyed with losses. In addition to this crop has been delayed in Karnataka. So onion prices started to rise in India in early August.
The market of onion market in India also took place in Bangladesh market. Bangladesh mainly imports onion from India. So, there is some impact of the onion prices in the Indian market, and also in Bangladesh market.
Asked if Narayan Saha, owner of the new traders of Shyambazar in Dhaka, said, "In India, floods have been created due to rain for a long time. We import Patna onion, South Vellori and Nasic onions from India. The import of Patna and South Vellori are closed due to their country's rain. Basically, nasi imports are now underway. No onion except niacal has not been in the market. So the price is over. '
However, Narayan Saha said that the situation is temporary. He said that import of onion from Pakistan and Myanmar will be increased next week. Then the market will decrease again.
Shamsur Rahman, former President of the C & F Association of Benapole Land Port of Jessore, said there was a crisis of onion in the country's market by rain and flood. But now the import has increased a lot. In July, 10 thousand 139 tonnes of onion was imported by Benapole. It was 2,484 tons in June last year.
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