Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
TABLE 5.3
Procurement of rice and farmgate prices of paddy
Boro
Aman
Quantity
Procurement
Farmgate
Quantity
Procurement
Farmgate
procured
price
price
procured
price
price
Year
(thousand tons)
(Tk per quintal)
(Tk per quintal)
(thousand tons)
(Tk per quintal)
(Tk per quintal)
1982/83
74
(
362
305
93
(
380
1983/84
51
(
386
418
84
(
410
1984/85
110 (4)
442
396
139 (2)
469
482
1985/86
28 (1)
455
425
23 (-)
455
436
1986/87
143 (4)
536
439
49 (1)
469
514
1987/88
361 (8)
536
455
58 (1)
536
533
1988/89
333 (6)
563
506
419 (6)
563
562
1989/90
500 (8)
590
549
163 (2)
589
542
1990/91
567 (9)
643
544
363 (4)
590
586
1991/92
506 (7)
656
540
141 (2)
656
630
1992/93
1 (-)
603
415
16 (-)
563
502
1993/94
161 (2)
616
551
0
(
563
557
1994/95
151 (2)
715
570
42 (-)
589
609
1995/96
384 (5)
735
545
201 (2)
703
611
1996/97
121 (2)
670
451
0
(
670
515
1997/98
214 (3)
755
640
0
(
700
711
1998/99
507 (5)
825
601
235 (3)
760
785
1999/2000
513 (5)
825
580
236 (2)
800
656
2000/01
412 (4)
840
603
112 (1)
800
627
2001/02
576 (5)
840
625
18 (-)
800
679
SOURCE
: Food Policy and Monitoring Unit, Department of Agricultural Marketing.
NOTES
: Figures are rounded to the nearest unit. Figures in parentheses are percentages of total production in the respective years; the numbers are shown only for
the years in which procurement is significant. (-) indicates less than 1 percent.
