PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities remained steady in the retail market, according to a weekly market-survey carried out by Business Recorder here on Sunday.
In the retail market, prices of live chicken/meat, vegetables, flour, sugar, pulses and others remain high, the survey said. According the survey one kilogram live chicken was being sold at Rs360 while prices of farm eggs remained unchanged in retail market. Cow meat without bone was available at Rs1100 and cow meat with bone is being sold at Rs1000 per kilogramme against the official rates announced by local authorities concerned, according to the survey. The price of mutton beef was being sold from Rs2500 to Rs3000/kg in the open market, the survey added.
Price of tomatoes had dropped as available at Rs100/kg against price of Rs140/kg in the previous week as compared to preceding week, whereas price of onion remained unchanged as being sold at Rs120 and Rs140/kg in the retail market. Ginger and garlic remained unchanged as being available at Rs600/kg and Rs200 and Rs300/kg respectively. Green chilli was being sold at Rs100/kg. Lemon is being sold at Rs150/kg in the retail market, the survey said.
Peas was being sold at Rs200-250 per kg, capsicum at Rs200/kilo, ladyfinger Rs200-300 per kilo, Arvi Rs200/ kilo, turnip at Rs50-70/kg, Eggplant (bringle) Rs100/ kg, Zucchini (tori) Rs100-120/ kg, Tinda Rs80/kg, cabbage at Rs120/kg, red-coloured potatoes available at Rs100/ kg while white coloured potatoes are sold at Rs80/kg in the retail market, the survey said.
Buyers say prices of food grains, especially those which were daily use items in the kitchen, were beyond their purchasing power. The soaring prices continue to break the back of the common man, they said.
The survey said good quality rice (sela) was available at Rs360/kg, while low quality rice was available at Rs300-320/kg, while tota rice was available at Rs200-220/kg.
A mixed trend was also witnessed in prices of pulses, according to the survey. Dal mash was available at Rs480, dal masoor at Rs320/kilo, dal chilka (black) at Rs320/kg, dal chilka (green) at Rs260/kg, moonge at Rs400/kg, dhoti dal at Rs400/kg, dal Channa at Rs450/kg, red bean at Rs440/ kg, Gram flour (baisen) at Rs420/kg against Rs280/kg, big-size white Channa at Rs380/kg, small-size white Channa from Rs360/kg.
The price of sugar remained unchanged as available at Rs190-200 per kilogramme in the retail market whereas prices of cooking oil/ghee of various brands and quality also remained unchanged.
Likewise, the Prices of flour in open and wholesale markets remained unchanged. A 20-kg bag was available at Rs2500 against the price of Rs2600 while an 80-kg bag was being sold at Rs 12,500 against the price of Rs 13000 in retail as well as wholesale market, according to the survey. However wheat flour and other products like maida, soji and choker flour also remained sky-high in the retail market.
Apple was available from Rs250-300 and Rs400-500/kg, banana at Rs150 and 200/dozen, Gauva at Rs150-200/kg.
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