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Mango turns dearer

Anwar Au, Rajshahi
Savouring the season's king fruit, mango, may not be a common man's delight this year as low production levels in the north has pushed its prices up. said growers and traders.
Mangoes are selling at 1.5 times higher prices in the local markets, while growers anticipate prices to soar by 30 percent, as mangoes fell from the trees because of the cyclone Aila.
Green mangoes have flooded the markets, including Baneswar in Rajshahi and Kansat in Chapainwabganj. and are selling at Tk 130 toTk 160 per mound (40kg).
Manzur Hossain, a trader at Baneswar, said they stopped selling mangoes, as they are not finding buyers for the fallen immature mangoes, even at low prices.
Four varieties of mangoes - Guti, Ati and Gopalbhog and Kirsapat -- have hit the market and prices remain higher than last year.
Gopalbhog, which was available at even Tk 1,600 even last week a mound, is now selling at Tk 1,800 to Tk 2,000 per mound. Price of the variety was Tk 1,000 last year.
The Kirsapat variety hit the market at Tk 1,800 per mound against Tk 1.400 last year. The well-known Langra will come to market in the next 10 days, followed by the king of mangoes Fazlee, said Arabinda Das, a mango trader at Shaheb Bazar.
Traders hinted that prices of these varieties may rise to a staggering Tk 2,400 per
mound this season.
An increased import of mangoes this season from India is unlikely to help control prices, as India too has suffered a blow.
"Traders hinted at doubling the import of mangoes from India because of low output in Bangladesh this year", said Lutfar Rahman, commissioner of Rajshahi Divisional Customs.
He said despite better production last year, over 29,000 tonnes of Indian mangoes worth around Tk 73 crore were imported through the Hili port in Dinajpur and Sona Mosque in Chapainawabganj.
This year, importers brought in 29,000 tonnes of mangoes till May and they hope to import the item worth around Tk 100 crore, bringing in an additional 6,000 tonnes this season.
However, importers expressed anxiety over low yield of the fruit in India.
"Our increased imports may not have much effect on the local market, following a low output in India", said Samar Kumar, a mango importer in Kansat. He already imported some 100 tonnes and started procedures to import more.
In Baneswar, there are some 150 'arats' for mango business, each of which deals with nearly Tk 1 crore daily this season, said Bulbul Hossain, a mango trader.
“We normally sell around 10 to 20 trucks of mangoes a day, from the first week of 'Jaistha'. But this year, we are yet to get buyers from outer districts," said Nakim Uddin ofShahbazpur.
"The supply of mangoes is poor,” he said.