Price of Salt Will Reduce Soon

Millers of salt industry will reduce salt price in this Ramadan again. Last Tuesday (17th July, 2012) they informed it by press conference at Reporter’s Unity, Dhaka. According to their declaration, highest price of salt on retail market from traditional processing will be 10 to 18 taka, which was 18 to 20 taka in the past; mechanically purified salt pirce will be 25 taka at retail, which was 18 to 32 taka in the past and purified salt by vacuumed processing will be 27 taka which was 33 to 35 taka in the past.
The written statement has been declared by president of Bangladesh Industrial Salt Manufacturers association Mr. Poritosh Kanti Saha. He said price of all commodities has increased for the last ten years only salt price was stable. But this year there was temporary crisis due to natural calamity. Due to the situation government has given permission to all millers to import 10 lakh ton of salt to face the crisis; so that price of salt is going to reduce soon.

Tags: Bangladesh Economy, Market, Trade