PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities, including live chicken/meat, vegetables, cooking oil/ghee, flour and others have slightly decreased in the open market.
A weekly-market survey carried out by Business Recorder here on Sunday revealed a downward trend in some items of daily use items after the nominal cut in prices of the petroleum commodities.
According to the survey, decrease of Rs40/kg was registered in rates of live chicken, after which it was available at Rs380 per kilogramme in the retail market. A dozen of the farm eggs were being sold at Rs240-260 as no change was so far witnessed, it added.
Cow meat without bone is being sold at Rs1350 and cow meat with bone at Rs1500 per kilogramme against the official rates of Rs900 per kilogramme announced by local authorities concerned, the survey said.
Buyers consistently complained about the unchecked by authorities concerned on the artificial rates and failure to implement an official price-list.
Prices of cow and buffalo as well as mutton beef remained high in the open market. The price of mutton beef was being sold from Rs 2800 to Rs 3000 per kg in the open market, the survey added.
Prices of cooking oil and ghee also remained unchanged in the open market.
No change in prices of LPG was witnessed, as the gas is Rs460 per kilo against the Rs490 per kilo, showing decrease Rs30 per kilo in the open market. The tandoorwala also charged double the price of low-weight roti despite the decrease in the flour prices.
Tomatoes were sold at Rs80-100 per kilogramme while onion was being sold at Rs100 against the price Rs70 per kg whereas ginger was available at Rs 600 and garlic was at Rs300-400/kg in the retail market, the survey added.
The survey noted green chilli was being sold at Rs80 per kg whereas lemon was being sold at Rs100 per kilogramme against the price of 100 per kilogramme in the retail market.
Peas was being sold at Rs150 per kg, capsicum at Rs120 per kilogramme, lady finger at Rs 200-300 per kilogramme, Arvi at Rs 150-200 per kilogramme, turnip at Rs 100 per kilogramme, Eggplant (bringle) at Rs 100 per kilogramme, Zucchini (tori) at Rs 120-150 per kilogramme, Tenda Rs 100 per kilogramme, cabbage at Rs 120 per kilogramme, red-coloured potatoes available at Rs 70 per kilogramme while white-coloured potatoes are sold at Rs 50 per kilogramme in the retail market, the survey said.
A one kilogramme of sugar dropped as it was available at Rs150 against the price of Rs 160 per kilogramme, the survey said.
Flour prices remained high as a 20-kg bag was being sold at Rs2700 against the price of 2900-3000. However, the price of an 80-kg bag remained unchanged as available at Rs 12,500 and Rs13000 per sac in the wholesale market, the survey said. On the other hand, Flour millers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa threatened to launch a protest against the ‘unconstitutional’ ban on transportation of wheat from Punjab. Millers said the restriction was a sheer violation of article 151 of the constitution and expressed fear that a severe wheat flour crisis will hit the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, if the ban wasn’t lifted immediately.
Buyers have complained that prices of food grains, especially those which were daily use items in the kitchen, were beyond their purchasing power.
Prices of pulses remained unchanged in the retail market, according to the survey.
Good quality rice (sela) was available at Rs 360 per kilogramme, while low quality rice was available at Rs 300-320 per kilogramme, while toota rice was available at Rs 200-220 per kilogramme.
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