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Prices
Of Some Essential Commodities Go Up While Paddy Price Go Down In
Maungdaw, January 03: The prices of some essential items continued to
show an upward trend in the markets of Maungdaw townships in
Prices of some commodities, especially onion, garlic,
chilli, mustard oil, meat and fish, rose by leaps and bounds to abnormal
proportions towards the end of the year. But, the price of paddy goes down
below the price of production rate, he further added.
The price of paddy goes down. Last year, a hundred baskets (one basket = 14 kg)
of paddy, priced at Kyat 150,00 but this year (2004) it is priced at only Kyat
60,000(six thousand). A 50 kg of rice bag is being sold at Kyat 6,500 to 7,000
up from Kyat 12,000 to 13,000 two months ago. Nonetheless, no one dares to buy
the rice due to the ban. As a result, the farmers are facing acute financial
hardship, a farmer from
Retailers at Maungdaw market asked for Kyat 650 for a Viss (1.75 kg) of onion,
saying price was Kyat 250 more than what it was before. Per Viss garlic at Kyat
800 from Kyat 700, dry chilli at Kyat 2,200 from the previous rate of Kyat
1,500 per Viss.
Mustard oil was priced at Kyat 2,400 per Viss while it
was sold Kyat 2,300 previously. Per Kg fish (good quality) sold at Kyat 1,800
up from Kyat1, 600 while a big cock (about 2.5kg) chicken cost Kyat 3,000 up
from Kyat 2,200. Per Viss beef cost Kyat 3,000 up from Kyat 2,800, while a Viss
of mutton cost Kyat 3,000 up from Kyat 2,500, said a shopkeeper to our sources.
But, prices of other necessary things and vegetables are
also go down in the market, the sources said. ##
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