Big Onion (Imp) (retail, Dambulla)
Daily food prices, Pettah and Dambulla. Rs/kg, daily.
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Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Daily Price Report - 16 October 2026 (16 Oct 2026)
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About this series
- Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit Rs/kg
- Date range 1 Aug 2016 – 16 Oct 2026
- Last checked 16 Oct 2026
Checks: 8 recorded for this series, listed below.
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- Name in the warehouse
- Big Onion (Imp) (retail, Dambulla)
- Read from
- CBSL Daily Price Report (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/economic-indicators/daily-price-report
- Notes
- Daily Price Report, Dambulla retail, item as printed: 'Big Onion (Imp)'
Source documents
Vintages
400 vintages, the latest published 16 Oct 2026.
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Source discrepancies
What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.
- Disagrees with itself5 Apr 2019
The report of 5 Apr 2019 gives the previous day's price as 71; that day's own report gave 69.
Price previous: 69 and 71, difference 0.029.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190405e - Daily Price Report - 05 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 71.0, but 2019-04-04's own figure = 69.0 (2.9% apart)
The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.
- Disagrees with itself26 Mar 2020
The report of 26 Mar 2020 gives the previous day's price as 158; that day's own report gave 108.
Price previous: 108 and 158, difference 0.463.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200326_e - Daily Price Report - 26 March 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 158.0, but 2020-03-23's own figure = 108.0 (46.3% apart)
The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.
- Disagrees with itself30 Jul 2020
The report of 30 Jul 2020 gives the previous day's price as 83; that day's own report gave 93.
Price previous: 93 and 83, difference 0.108.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200730e - Daily Price Report - 30 July 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 83.0, but 2020-07-29's own figure = 93.0 (10.8% apart)
The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.
- Disagrees with itself27 Aug 2020
The report of 27 Aug 2020 gives the previous day's price as 103; that day's own report gave 113.
Price previous: 113 and 103, difference 0.088.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200827e - Daily Price Report - 27 August 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 103.0, but 2020-08-26's own figure = 113.0 (8.8% apart)
The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.
- Disagrees with itself18 Mar 2022
The report of 18 Mar 2022 gives the previous day's price as 133; that day's own report gave 153.
Price previous: 153 and 133, difference 0.131.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220318e - Daily Price Report - 18 March 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 133.0, but 2022-03-15's own Today = 153.0 (13.1% apart)
The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.
- Disagrees with itself23 Jun 2022
The report of 23 Jun 2022 gives the previous day's price as 188; that day's own report gave 195.
Price previous: 195 and 188, difference 0.036.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220623 - Daily Price Report - 23 June 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 188.0, but 2022-06-21's own Today = 195.0 (3.6% apart)
The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.
- Disagrees with itself15 Sep 2022
The report of 15 Sep 2022 gives the previous day's price as 153; that day's own report gave 158.
Price previous: 158 and 153, difference 0.032.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220915e - Daily Price Report - 15 September 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 153.0, but 2022-09-13's own Today = 158.0 (3.2% apart)
The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.
- Disagrees with itself18 Feb 2026
The report of 18 Feb 2026 gives the previous day's price as 168; that day's own report gave 163.
Price previous: 163 and 168, difference 0.031.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260218_e - Daily Price Report - 18 February 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 168.0, but 2026-02-16's own Today = 163.0 (3.1% apart)
The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.