Pakistani people love onion and in the month of Holy Ramadan, the demand of price increases a lot in the country as people use a lot of onions in the iftar items like pakoras. When the demand of any product increases then its price increases too. So,
Haji Shahjahan, President Wholesale Vegetable Welfare Association Sabzi Mandi, talking to Daily Times said, with the advent of Ramazan, fine quality onion price had surged to Rs 30 to Rs 35 per kg inDuring the rainy season, farmers of Balochistan province suffered a lot with their onion crops. This is the main reason behind shortage of onion. Hopefully, next year will be better.Karachi vegetable markets forcing the government to place import orders with Iran and Afghanistan to control spiral rise in its price. The onion imported from
He said initial import orders were high as daily 800 tonnes of onion reached the country at the beginning of Ramazan to cater local requirement but in the middle of the holy month, the import volume is now 400 tones daily, 200 tonnes from Iran and Afghanistan each.Kabul, Afghanistan reached Punjab via Peshawar where its wholesale price is Rs 2400 to Rs 2600 per 100 kg bag while the imported commodity from Iran arrived Sindh including Karachi via Balochistan.
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I don’t know why people in South Asia have suddenly become big fan of onions. Pakistan recently suffered from shortage of onion and now Sri Lanka is looking for onions. Sri Lanka has already imported some onions from China... [Read More]
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