Red 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 2 Aug 2016 – 16 Oct 2026
- Last checked 16 Oct 2026
Checks: 11 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Red 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: 'Red 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 itself24 Jan 2019
The report of 24 Jan 2019 gives the previous day's price as 168; that day's own report gave 178.
Price previous: 178 and 168, difference 0.056.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190124e_0 - Daily Price Report - 24 January 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 168.0, but 2019-01-22's own figure = 178.0 (5.6% 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 itself24 Jan 2019
The report of 24 Jan 2019 gives the previous day's price as 168; that day's own report gave 178.
Price previous: 178 and 168, difference 0.056.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190124e_1 - Daily Price Report - 23 January 2018.pdf: previous-day column = 168.0, but 2019-01-22's own figure = 178.0 (5.6% 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 itself18 May 2020
The report of 18 May 2020 gives the previous day's price as 218; that day's own report gave 21.
Price previous: 21 and 218, difference 9.381.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/Daily Price Report 18 05 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 218.0, but 2020-05-15's own figure = 21.0 (938.1% 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 375; that day's own report gave 295.
Price previous: 295 and 375, difference 0.271.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220623 - Daily Price Report - 23 June 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 375.0, but 2022-06-21's own Today = 295.0 (27.1% 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 itself15 Sep 2022
The report of 15 Sep 2022 gives the previous day's price as 415; that day's own report gave 315.
Price previous: 315 and 415, difference 0.317.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220915e - Daily Price Report - 15 September 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 415.0, but 2022-09-13's own Today = 315.0 (31.7% 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 itself29 Apr 2026
The report of 29 Apr 2026 gives the previous day's price as 235; that day's own report gave 280.
Price previous: 280 and 235, difference 0.161.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260429_e - Daily Price Report - 29 April 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 235.0, but 2026-04-27's own Today = 280.0 (16.1% 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'.
- For information16 Jul 2018
Checked against another source.
Placeholder zero: 0.
LK.CPI.DAILY_PRICE.DAMBULLA_RETAIL_RED_ONION_IMP.D: 0 in a series that cannot be 0 (price), dropped
- For information17 Jul 2018
Checked against another source.
Placeholder zero: 0.
LK.CPI.DAILY_PRICE.DAMBULLA_RETAIL_RED_ONION_IMP.D: 0 in a series that cannot be 0 (price), dropped
- For information18 Jul 2018
Checked against another source.
Placeholder zero: 0.
LK.CPI.DAILY_PRICE.DAMBULLA_RETAIL_RED_ONION_IMP.D: 0 in a series that cannot be 0 (price), dropped
- For information19 Jul 2018
Checked against another source.
Placeholder zero: 0.
LK.CPI.DAILY_PRICE.DAMBULLA_RETAIL_RED_ONION_IMP.D: 0 in a series that cannot be 0 (price), dropped
- For information26 Oct 2018
Checked against another source.
Placeholder zero: 0.
LK.CPI.DAILY_PRICE.DAMBULLA_RETAIL_RED_ONION_IMP.D: 0 in a series that cannot be 0 (price), dropped