{"id":22531,"date":"2024-01-11T09:41:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T04:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=22531"},"modified":"2024-01-11T09:41:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T04:41:34","slug":"prices-for-onions-rise-to-rs-240-per-kilogram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/food\/prices-for-onions-rise-to-rs-240-per-kilogram\/","title":{"rendered":"Prices for onions rise to Rs 240 per kilogram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: As shopkeepers blame soaring exports for the price spike, local market onion prices are skyrocketing, reaching Rs240 per kg.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to other vegetables, the already burdened consumers are spending a substantial amount on this necessary kitchen staple.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<strong><em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/in-the-first-half-of-fy24-pakistans-petroleum-industry-saw-a-15-decline-in-sales.html\">In the first half of FY24, Pakistan&amp;#8217;s petroleum industry saw a 15% decline in sales<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During a morning broadcast, Sheikh Muhammad Shah Jahan, the President of the Wholesale Vegetable Association, provided insight into the situation and linked the increase in onion prices to India&#8217;s export ban.<\/p>\n<p>India, the leading exporter of onions worldwide, enforced the restriction from December 8, 2023, to March 2024 as a result of a surge in domestic prices that followed a decline in production.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani exporters took advantage of the prohibition in India, driving up local pricing from Rs120-140 to Rs160-180. Since then, prices haven&#8217;t decreased.<\/p>\n<p>Shah Jahan emphasized that rising onion prices are pinching a lot of people who are already struggling with inflation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Consumers are managing daily expenses on other items by limiting their purchases to less than one kg,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/record-decrease-in-the-price-of-pulses.html\">Record Decrease in the Price of Pulses<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shah Jahan refuted the idea that there was an onion shortage in the nation despite the price increase, pointing out that Pakistan had an abundance of onion production this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, citizens are bearing the brunt of foreign exchange needs that our country needs,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: As shopkeepers blame soaring exports for the price spike, local market onion prices are skyrocketing, reaching Rs240 per kg. Compared to other vegetables, the already burdened consumers are spending a substantial amount on this necessary kitchen staple. Read More:\u00a0In the first half of FY24, Pakistan&amp;#8217;s petroleum industry saw a 15% decline in sales During [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":22532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347,9,21,2],"tags":[10661,10658,10659,10660],"class_list":["post-22531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-latest-news","category-news","category-pakistan","tag-kilogram","tag-onion-prices","tag-onion-prices-rising","tag-pakistan-exports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}