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Around The Bazaar

Prices of molasses lower, spices higher, vegetables steady

By Staff Correspondent
The country fa,producing a ' very good quality of khejurer gur (molasses made from dale juice) this year and a large supply of thegur is coming to the city markets recently, ac cording to whole-salcrs.
Whole- salers in Kawran Bazar said, the price is relatively lower than that of ihe last year. A kg of such gur Is sold for Taka 16 tn the wholesale market. The price was Taku 24 in the last month.
Harun ur Rashid, a wholesaler informed that the manufacturers will be able to supply huge quantity of gur this sea
Production of gur starts from autumn and its market continues for six months.
The whole- salers are also selling akher gur (molasses •from sugar cane) for Taka 12 a kg
Twenty four whole-sale shops sell gur tn the Kawran Bazur. The shopkeepers said that tn ’average, every shop sells no less than 2000 lo 3000 kg of gur every day.
The whole salers further said, the supply is so good •
that by December 31. we are expecting that price of the gur may drop by Taka one per kg.'
Meanwhile, tn the spice market, price of turmeric rose by Taka four to six In the last one week due to shortage of supply. A kg is sold for Taka 46 now against Taka 40 to Taka 42 last week. Price of garlic has also jumped up from Taka
18 to Taka 22-23 in last one week.
Winter vegetables like cabbage which started arriving at the markets early, is also quite expensive. Cabbage, which was sold for Taka three to Taka four has reached at Taka seven.
"Cabbage is low in supply," a vegetable vendor said, "ft was produced early, so its prices dropped. Now it is produced in rather small quantity and-its prices rose. Prices may be pushed higher by January."
But prices of tomato, beans, cauliflower, radish, lettuce and other winter vegetables have remained steady and "do not seem to go up or down within one month." according to veg- •
etable vendors.
Tomato costs Taka 12 a kg now. cauliflower Taka five, beans Taka seven to Taka 10, radish Taka three lo four, and carrots Taka eight.
Among the latest arrivals In winter vegetable Items is beets. It Is not available in large quantity though and now it costs Taka 60 a kg.