Following the significant surge in the price of green chilies in local markets, arrangements have been made to import them to Bangladesh through Dinajpur's Hili port from Monday.
After six days of closure on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, the import, and export of goods between India and Bangladesh will resume from Monday.
Anwar Hossain, an importer, said that due to the decrease in the supply of green chilies, the prices have suddenly started to become unstable in the market.
In such a situation, to keep the market stable, the government once again granted an import permit (IP) to bring thousands of tons of green chilies from India on June 25, he added.
Shamim Ahmed, a pathologist at the Hili land port Centre for Plant Disease Control, said till June 26, seven importers from the Hili land port got permission to import 3,000 tons of green chilies.
On Saturday, the majority of stalls at Hili kitchen markets did not have green chilies, and the few that did have them were selling at excessive prices.
Shopkeepers said that they are not storing the produce due to the high price. Green chillis are being sold in the market at Tk400 to Tk500 per kg.
Meanwhile, in Dhaka and Barisal, the price of green chilli soared to Tk600 per kg, and consumers blamed the lack of monitoring from the local administration for the drastic increase.
Traders, however, said a shortage of supply during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays and continued rainfall is behind the price hike.
