KARACHI: Costs of inexperienced chilli (hari mirch) and capsicum (Shimla mirch) noticed a pointy enhance on Monday, with the previous being bought for Rs320 per kg and the latter for Rs480 per kg.
Market sources stated inexperienced chilli and capsicum costs had been below strain this month. Capsicum was out there at Rs180-200 per whereas inexperienced chilly was tagged at Rs200-240 per kg.
Owing to very excessive costs, many customers now discover it laborious to purchase inexperienced chilli – a staple of desi cooking – which is now out there for Rs80 per 250 grams. Equally, a big sized capsicum is being bought for Rs40-50.
Shimla mirch sells at Rs480 per kg
In response to the Value Record of Commissioner Karachi, the wholesale and retail price of capsicum swelled to Rs400 and Rs403 per kg on Monday from Rs130 and Rs133 per kg on Oct 1. The wholesale and retail charges for capsicum had been Rs330 and Rs333 per kg on Sunday.
The official wholesale and retail costs of chili have been raised to Rs240 and Rs243 per kg from Rs110 and Rs113 per kg, respectively.
Demand for capsicum has elevated in the previous couple of years with a rising variety of Chinese language and Pan-Asian eating places within the nation.
Speaking to Daybreak, a retailer stated that brinjal (baigan) and bottle gourd (lokey) had been out there at Rs60-70 per kg. “The price of onion has not come down from Rs80 per kg despite the arrival of the vegetable from Iran and Afghanistan. Most items are selling above Rs100 per kg. Tomato still costs Rs160 per kg despite imports,” he added.
The retailer stated monsoon rains coupled with locust assaults had destroyed many vegetable crops within the nation, thus inflicting scarcity of many objects within the markets.
Printed in Daybreak, October 20th, 2020
