State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2023-24 (First Reading)
Independent Review of
RBD
Bangladesh's Development
Increase in price of essential food items
from 1 January 2019 to 20 December 2023
Table 3.1: Increase in price of essential food items from 1 January 2019 to 20 December 2023
Sl.
Food Items
Price on 1 Jan 2019 Price on 20 Dec 2023 Absolute change in Percentage
BDT
change
17
Garlic (local) (1 kg)
50
250
200
400
18
Garlic (imported) (1 kg)
70
220
150
214
19
Dried chillies (1 kg)
200
445
245
123
20
Turmeric powder (1 kg)
200
275
75
38
21
Ginger (1 kg)
110
240
130
118
22
Rui fish (1 kg)
310
365
55
23
Ilish (Hilsha) fish (1kg)
850
1000
150
18
18
24
Beef (1 kg)
485
650
165
34
25
Mutton (1 kg)
750
950
200
27
26
Chicken (broiler) (1 kg)
135
180
45
33
27
Chicken (local) (1 kg)
410
550
140
34
28
Dano powder milk (1 kg)
565
815
250
44
29
Diploma powder milk (Netherlands) (1 kg)
550
810
260
30
Fresh powdered milk (1 kg)
440
810
370
47
84
31
Marks powder milk (1 kg)
445
805
360
81
32
Sugar (1 kg)
52
143
91
177
33
Salt (1 kg)
32
41
10
30
34
Eggs (20 eggs)
34
44
10
29
CPD (2023): State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2023-24 (First Reading)
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