LAHORE:
This week there was an upward trend in the prices of seasonal fruits and vegetables, accompanied by generalized overload.
Suppliers were seen selling perishable goods at prices of 50 to 100 percent higher than official rates, even showing mandatory tariff lists.
They were often told customers who questioned the discrepancies they bought elsewhere if they wanted official prices.
The suppliers affirmed that rates lists had only a cosmetic purpose, citing the highest prices in wholesale markets as justification for overload.
For the first time in two and a half months, the official price of the living chicken was reduced in RS27 per kilogram, established between RS357 and RS371.
However, sellers did not sell live chickens; Instead, chicken meat was sold to RS500 to RS600 per kilogram, and boneless chicken at RS950 to RS1,000 per kg.
The official price of the Potatoes of Soft Skin to RS45 to RS50, but was sold to RS80 to RS100 per kilogram. The mixed varieties were sold to RS50 to RS70 per kilogram.
Degree onions A increased in RS5 per kilogram to RS45 to RS50 per kilogram, but they were sold at RS80 to RS100 per kg. Tomato prices for a degree quality A increased in RS10 per kilogram, set at RS45 to RS50, but were sold at RS120 to RS130 per kilogram.
Agricultural cucumbers increased in RS5 per kilogram to RS47 to RS50 per kilogram, but they were sold to RS80 to RS100, while local cucumbers were sold at RS120 to RS130 per kilogram.
The prices of spinach fell in RS5 per kilogram, officially established in RS18 to RS25, but were sold to RS50 to RS60 per kilogram.
Chinese lemons increased by RS60 per kg to RS190 to RS200 per kilogram, but sold to RS400. Green chiles increased in RS10 per kilogram to RS105 to RS110, but sold at RS200 per kilogram.
Cup cup prices increased by RS10 per kilogram to RS47 to RS50 per kilogram, but sold at RS100 to RS140 per kilogram.
The cauliflower prices increased in RS20 per kilogram to RS57 to RS60, but they were sold at RS100 to RS140 per kilogram, while the cabbage prices remained in RS28 to RS30, but sold to RS100 to RS150 per kilogram.
The price of grade A bananas fell in RS10 for dozen to RS215 to RS240, but they were sold to RS350 to RS400 per dozen.
Guayaba prices increased in RS5 to RS115 to RS150 per kilogram, but were sold at RS200 to RS250. The dates had a price from RS430 to RS460 per kilogram, but they were sold at RS900 to RS2,000.
