Turkey to the rescue amid onion shortage in Bangladesh

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Turkey has wanted to export 15,000 a great deal of onions to Bangladesh amid a cost hike because of an export ban by India.

“Turkey has wanted to export 15,000 a great deal of onions to Bangladesh at Tk 23 [$0.27] per kilogram,” Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, who recently visited Turkey and met the Turkish president and other top officials, told an area TV station Channel24 within an interview on Monday.

India, the world's largest onion exporter, is definitely witnessing increasing prices of the fundamental item in South Asian cuisine prompting authorities to place an export ban.

Bangladesh, which mainly imported onions from its neighbor India, is currently looking for alternatives.

Momen said on his recent visit to Ankara he floated the thought of exporting onions from Turkey.

"Within my visit to Turkey, I, having the consent from Bangladesh commerce minister about the condition of onions, I gave the duty to the Bangladesh Mission there in Turkey to hold dialogue with Turkish traders,” the foreign minister explained.

However, Bangladesh possesses yet to generate a formal announcement about starting imports. 
Source: https://www.aa.com.tr

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