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Tomato (retail, Dambulla)

Daily food prices, Pettah and Dambulla. Rs/kg, daily.

Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Daily Price Report - 15 October 2026 (15 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 – 15 Oct 2026
  • Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Checks: 7 recorded for this series, listed below.

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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 50; that day's own report gave 48.

    Price previous: 48 and 50, difference 0.042.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190405e - Daily Price Report - 05 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 50.0, but 2019-04-04's own figure = 48.0 (4.2% 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 itself8 Apr 2019

    The report of 8 Apr 2019 gives the previous day's price as 50; that day's own report gave 48.

    Price previous: 48 and 50, difference 0.042.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190408e - Daily Price Report - 08 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 50.0, but 2019-04-05's own figure = 48.0 (4.2% 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 itself26 Mar 2020

    The report of 26 Mar 2020 gives the previous day's price as 145; that day's own report gave 48.

    Price previous: 48 and 145, difference 2.021.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200326_e - Daily Price Report - 26 March 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 145.0, but 2020-03-23's own figure = 48.0 (202.1% 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 itself27 Aug 2020

    The report of 27 Aug 2020 gives the previous day's price as 50; that day's own report gave 70.

    Price previous: 70 and 50, difference 0.286.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200827e - Daily Price Report - 27 August 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 50.0, but 2020-08-26's own figure = 70.0 (28.6% 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 Mar 2022

    The report of 18 Mar 2022 gives the previous day's price as 175; that day's own report gave 235.

    Price previous: 235 and 175, difference 0.255.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220318e - Daily Price Report - 18 March 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 175.0, but 2022-03-15's own Today = 235.0 (25.5% 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 440; that day's own report gave 425.

    Price previous: 425 and 440, difference 0.035.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220623 - Daily Price Report - 23 June 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 440.0, but 2022-06-21's own Today = 425.0 (3.5% 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 205; that day's own report gave 220.

    Price previous: 220 and 205, difference 0.068.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220915e - Daily Price Report - 15 September 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 205.0, but 2022-09-13's own Today = 220.0 (6.8% 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'.

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