#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

my $file = "test.csv";
open (my $FH, '<', $file);
my @array = (<$FH>);
close $FH;

foreach (@array)
{
    my @row = split (/,/,$_);
    my $var = chomp ($row[1]);     ###   <<< this is the problem
    print $var;
}