Bangladesh: Green chillies Tk400 per kg in Satkhira markets due to inadequate supply

Even with sufficient import, inadequate supply to local markets led to a price hike of green chillies to Tk400 per kilogram in Satkhira on Wednesday (5 July). The wholesale price is around Tk350-360 taka, which was Tk150-200 just two days ago. Some 207 metric tonnes of Indian green chillies were imported through the Bhomra port in recent days. After the Eid holidays, the land port's activities resumed on July 2 with an import of 70 metric tonnes in seven trucks. On 3 July, 68 metric tonnes were imported in eight trucks and on 4 July, 69 metric tonnes were imported in seven trucks. In Satkhira's Sultanganj Bazar, the supply of green chilli decreased. It is being sold at Tk360-400 per kg in the local market. Regarding the sufficient import but low supply, Abdur Rahim Babu, the general secretary of the local market traders' association said the importers do not supply goods to the market from the port. "If we buy from them, we have to take truckloads of goods. So, traders of the ...