The price of onions in Phulbari, Dinajpur, has risen by Tk 13 to 14 a kilo in four days. Local wholesalers say the rise comes from short supply.
A visit to the wholesale vegetable market on Friday (13 November) found that while other vegetables were selling at normal prices, onions had gone up to Tk 38 to 40 a kilo at wholesale. Four days earlier the same onions sold for Tk 25 to 26 a kilo.
Nabakishore Sarkar, a schoolteacher shopping for vegetables at the municipal market, said that although other vegetables were at normal prices, the sudden rise in onion prices was making things hard for ordinary low- and middle-income buyers.
Onion wholesaler Joyonto Saha said prices had risen in the local market because supply had fallen short of demand and prices had gone up at the source markets. He added that prices could rise further.
Retailer Harun ur Rashid said retail prices had followed wholesale prices up. Onions now sell for Tk 42 to 43 a kilo depending on the variety, he said, and retail prices will come down when wholesale prices fall.
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