date:Jan 10, 2020
Wednesday that Bangladesh is largely dependent on India for various essential commodities, including rice, sugar, pulse, onion, ginger, and garlic.
On September 13, neighbouring India raised minimum onion export price to US$850 per tonne, sending shock waves across Bangladesh's onion market. The market turned highly volatile, almost instantly. In a day or two, the price of locally-grown onion shot up to Tk 80 per kilogramme. Prices of both locally-produced and imported onions continued to rise