Onion

On 22 August, the Yangon mar­ket received various regional onions weighing 96,000 visses. The wholesale price per viss of Seikphyu and Monywa onions was K3,500 for the special size. The price has become the high­est for stored onions in 2023. It dropped to K3,300 per viss on 24 August and rose again to K3,500 per viss on 28 and K3,700 per viss on 29 August.

 

The highest price per viss of onion was K3,170 at the Pakokku depot on 29 August, K3,250 at the Seikphyu depot on 29 August, and K2,900–K3,400 at the Mying­yan market on 28 August.

 

Garlic

On 29 August, Shan garlic was priced at K7,800 per viss for S2, K8,400 for S3, K8,900 for S4, and K9,100 for S5 in the Yangon market. Kyukok garlic is fetching K7,800 per viss.

 

Potato

The Yangon potato market only published the price of Chi­nese potatoes on 29 August. The wholesale price of Chinese pota­toes was K2,150 per viss.

 

Chilli pepper

On 29 August, in the Yangon chilli pepper market, the prices per viss were K12,000-K12,500 for Eainme stored in pots, K14,200 for Panye long chilli peppers processed in the cold storage, K11,500 for Yayle Moehtaung chilli pepper, and Pyawbwe Moe­htaung chilli pepper processed in the cold storage. Sinphyukyun and delta region chilli peppers processed in the cold storage were valued at K19,500–K20,000 per viss.

 

Palm oil

The wholesale reference price of palm oil is K4,155 per li­tre from 28 August to 3 Septem­ber. The remaining 3,396,184 visses of imported palm oil from 16 companies will be sold to the Bayintnaung Nyaungpin­lay market, retail and whole­sale outlets in Yangon, regions, and states from 28 to 30 August.

 

 

Beans and Pulses

On 29 August, the price of black gram was K2,465,000 per tonne for RC and K2,630,000 per tonne for SQ/RC. Meanwhile, a tonne of pigeon peas was val­ued at K3,500,000.

 

Additionally, the price of green gram (Kayan Shwewah variety) and Pakokku variety fetched K3,500 and K3,000– K3,085 per viss, respectively, while that of chickpeas was K5,800–K6,050 per viss. — TWA/CT