সজিব মিয়ার তালের ব্যবসা

About

The palm fruit and local fruit business of farmer Sajib Mia (53) of Sultanshi village, Habiganj. Thirty years ago the six palm trees his grandfather had planted at home began to fruit and fetched a good price at market, and that started the trade. Before the month of Bhadra he contracts for the fruit of 100–200 palm trees a year in Gazipur, Amrod and other areas of Chunarughat, buying each tree's crop for Tk 2,000–3,000 and selling it for Tk 5,000–6,000. Ripe palm fruit sells for Tk 20–90 apiece depending on size. Every other day he brings 200–300 fruit to the Chashi Bazar in Habiganj town, and wholesale buyers from Baniachong, Ajmiriganj, Lakhai, Nabiganj and beyond also come to his house; customers contact him by mobile phone. The 40-day season brings Tk 3–4 lakh profit, and selling seeds from rotten fruit to government offices and agencies at Tk 10 each adds Tk 40,000–50,000 a year. He pays climbers Tk 200 per tree to pick the fruit. He now buys the crops of tamarind, wood apple, mango, jackfruit, pomelo and sour jujube trees the same way and sells them in wholesale markets.

Products and services

• Ripe palm fruit

  Tk 20–90 / each

  Price by size; sold in the month of Bhadra

• Palm seeds

  Tk 10 / each

  Sold to government offices and agencies

• Tamarind

• Wood apple (bel)

• Mango

• Jackfruit

• Pomelo

• Sour jujube

Prices as given by the owner; ask before you buy.

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