Most of the winter vegetable prices in Bangladesh declined notably last week giving consumers some relief thanks to a surge in supply in recent days. Prices of most of the seasonal vegetables, leafy, early harvested potatoes, and onion showed a plunge during the period. Only tomatoes and carrots were still much pricier in the market as their harvest was yet to begin in full swing.
Seasonal cauliflower and cabbage were sold at Tk 30-45 a piece, winter brinjal Tk 30-40 a kilogram (kg), radish Tk 25-35, country bean Tk 30-50 a kg, long yard bean Tk 35-45, cucumber Tk 40-50 a kg, all kinds of leafy at Tk 7.0-20 a bunch, green papaya Tk 30-40, bottle gourd Tk 40-50 a piece, and turnip at Tk 30-40 a kg on Thursday.
Off-season veggies like bitter gourds, pointed gourds, snake gourds, sponge gourds and colocasia stems were static as sold at Tk 50-Tk 70 a kg.
Newly harvested potato prices declined to Tk 55-65 a kg while stored potatoes were sold at Tk 43-50 a kg. Stored tomatoes were sold as high as at Tk 100-110 a kg while newly harvested ripen tomatoes were retailed at Tk 130-140 a kg. Meanwhile, green tomatoes were sold at Tk 50-60 a kg on Thursday.
Source: Financial Expres
