The government on Thursday set the price of packed sugar at Tk 95 per kg and loose sugar at Tk 90 while palm oil at Tk 125 per litre.
The price of palm oil decreased by Tk 8 per litre and the price of sugar rose by Tk 6 per kg.
The Ministry of Commerce issued a notification in this regard as per the recommendation of the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC).According to the recommendations of BTTC, a concern of the ministry, per litre palm super (unbottled) oil will be sold at Tk 120 in millgate, distributors will sell it at Tk 122, and at the retail or consumer level, it will be sold at Tk 125.
On the other hand, each kg of loose sugar can be bought at the millgate at Tk 85, at the distributor level at Tk 87, and at the retail level at Tk 90 while the distributors will buy packaged sugar at Tk 90 at the millgate and sell it at Tk 95 at the consumers’ level.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul