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Onions rise in price in Iran

Business Materials 1 May 2019 16:42 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 1

By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:

Onions greatly increased in price among other vegetables since March 21 till April 22 of this Iranian year (started on March 21, 2019), Trend reports referring to the Iranian Statistical Center’s report.

Thus, the price of onions increased by 459.5 percent during the reporting period of last Iranian year compared to the same period of the previous year.

According to the report, the price of onions increased by 143.3 percent, potatoes - by 59.1 percent while oranges - by 25.5 percent during the reporting period.

Eggs fell in price by 4.1 percent, while broiler chicken - by 2.8 percent.

Products

(Weight 1 kilogram)

March 21- April 22 of this Iranian year

(started on March 21, 2019)

Feb. 21-March 20 of last Iranian year

(started on March 21, 2018)

Price change in provinces on March 21- April 22 of this Iranian year (started on March 21, 2019)

March 21- April 22 of this Iranian year (started on March 21, 2019)

Ratio in percent compared to March 21- April 22 of this Iranian year

Ratio in percent compared to March 21- April 22 of previous Iranian year

Minimum (rials)

Maximum (rials)

Iranian rice superior quality

135687

165832

147500

205000

173927

4,9

28,2

Exported rice superior quality

74202

88299

76212

155000

88719

0,5

19,6

Mutton

422390

955735

741875

1185769

1014341

6,1

140,1

Beef

395273

868246

615000

1051923

941324

8,4

138,1

Broiler chicken

82426

148903

126680

162306

144716

-2,8

75,6

Milk (1 liter)

28275

46941

36945

55476

47377

0,9

67,6

Yoghurt

39237

60569

46943

75936

60509

-0,1

54,2

Cheese (500 grams)

59636

89392

73433

111750

89209

-0,2

49,6

Eggs

81970

95418

71333

125533

91550

-4,1

11,7

Butter (100 grams)

33834

45649

40767

50071

45728

0,2

35,2

Vegetable oil (900 grams)

53998

78253

72985

87941

78972

0,9

46,2

Banana

66105

125636

125000

145962

131934

5

99,6

Apples

38709

91001

83333

130737

103134

13,3

166,4

Oranges

36205

63680

63919

107778

79943

25,5

120,8

Cucumbers

28222

59323

49138

77381

67978

14,6

140,9

Tomatoes

21728

54052

46692

61842

54247

0,4

149,7

Potatoes

18420

35639

44762

72690

56698

59,1

207,8

Onions

19818

45576

95868

127424

110872

143,3

459,5

Kidney bean

119199

144639

120000

173346

148502

2,7

24,6

Lentil

80476

89216

72083

114595

92429

3,6

14,9

Sugar

41082

67828

63260

79116

70744

4,3

72,3

Granulated sugar

32885

58547

52235

69063

62005

5,9

88,5

Tomato paste

58187

191282

163545

222981

194734

1,8

234,7

Tea (500 grams)

219576

320342

279875

433889

329715

2,9

50,2

According to the official exchange rate, the price of $1 currently stands at 42,000 rials.

In the black market, $1 is worth 145,000 rials.

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