Hili Correspondent: Onion import from India at Hili land port in Dinajpur has increased. The price of onion has started to decrease. Every day there is an onion market inside the port. Importers and buyers said that onions worth about Tk 2 crore are sold in this port every day. Wholesalers from different parts of the country come here to buy onions.

Hili land port is seen on Tuesday morning, trucks loaded with onions from India are standing at the point. Again the workers are unloading those onions and loading the local trucks. Buyers are crowding as soon as the onion truck enters the port. They negotiate with the importers. Once the price is agreed with the importers, it is unloaded from the Indian truck and loaded on the local truck.

Someone said to buy onions from Bogra to the port, I have come to buy onions. Not bought yet, seeing onions from the truck. Importers are asking for a price of Tk 32 per kg. I will buy onion after seeing and hearing.

Onion traders at the port said, traders are coming to Hili port to buy onions from different parts of the country. Cars are being bought and sold by bargaining.

Onion importers at Hili port said that onion market is normal. Today onion is being sold at 32 taka per kg. But buyers are less. The import of onion has increased in the port than before. Last week, 10 to 15 truckloads of onions were imported. 25 to 30 trucks are being imported every day for a few days.

Hili Panama Port Link Public Relations Officer Sohrab Hossain Pratab Mallik said, onion import is going on from India through this port. Earlier, 10 to 15 truckloads of onions were imported. Currently 25 to 30 onion trucks are entering the port every day.