Budget FY22: Prices up, prices down

AHM Mustafa Kamal presented his third budget as the finance minister in parliament on Thursday, aiming for higher growth amidst the Covid-19 pandemic in the 2021-22 fiscal year.

As per the proposed budget, the prices of these products are expected to change:

Prices up

- Imported mobile phones

- Alcohol

- Cigarettes

- Sugar confectionary

- Mineral oil

- Soap

- Carnival/entertainment articles

- Rice bran oil

- Mushrooms

- Imported meat, poultry

- Meat-based processed food

- Vehicle safety glass 

- Iron bars, wires and rods 

- Motors over 750W

- Lubricants

- Industrial salt

- Mineral water

- Imported carrots

- Chewing gum

Prices down

- Covid-19 test kits

- Ingredients used in anti-cancer medicine

- Ingredients used for producing medicine 

- Stainless Steel

- Poultry feed

- Local poultry

- Agricultural machinery

- Microbus, hybrid vehicles, moped

- LED lights 

- Materials used for manufacturing medical devices

- Locally produced sanitary napkins

- Fresh fruit

- Puffed rice

- Raw materials for tiles

- Local LPG cylinders

- Locally manufactured or assembled home appliances (blender, juicer, mixer, grinder, electric kettle, rice cooker, multi-cooker, pressure cooker, washing machine, microwave oven, and electric oven)

- Locally produced electronic gadgets (computer, laptop, notebook, notepad, tab, keyboard, mouse, motherboard, power bank, router, network switch, network device/hub, speaker, sound system, earphone, headphone, pen drive, micro SD card, flash memory card, CCTV, monitor, projector, USB cable, data cable, power tiller, combined harvester and thresher machine)

- Paper cup

- Autism services