State Trading Organisation (STO) has dropped the price of a sack of onions to MVR 100.

STO said that the wholesale price for onions were reduced today and so a sack of onions is now being sold for MVR 100 as opposed to the price of MVR 200 for a sack of 25 kg onion sack at the beginning of the month of Ramadan.

While the wholesale price of onions have been reduced, no changes have been made to the retail price.

A kilogram of onions is being sold for MVR 9.50 in retail.