Potato (Local) (wholesale, Dambulla)
Daily food prices, Pettah and Dambulla. Rs/kg, daily.
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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: 5 recorded for this series, listed below.
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- Name in the warehouse
- Potato (Local) (wholesale, 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 wholesale, item as printed: 'Potato (Local)'
Source documents
Vintages
400 vintages, the latest published 15 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 138; that day's own report gave 128.
Price previous: 128 and 138, difference 0.078.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190405e - Daily Price Report - 05 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 138.0, but 2019-04-04's own figure = 128.0 (7.8% 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 itself8 Apr 2019
The report of 8 Apr 2019 gives the previous day's price as 138; that day's own report gave 128.
Price previous: 128 and 138, difference 0.078.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190408e - Daily Price Report - 08 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 138.0, but 2019-04-05's own figure = 128.0 (7.8% 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 168; that day's own report gave 148.
Price previous: 148 and 168, difference 0.135.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220318e - Daily Price Report - 18 March 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 168.0, but 2022-03-15's own Today = 148.0 (13.5% 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 248; that day's own report gave 278.
Price previous: 278 and 248, difference 0.108.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220623 - Daily Price Report - 23 June 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 248.0, but 2022-06-20's own Today = 278.0 (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 itself19 Mar 2026
The report of 19 Mar 2026 gives the previous day's price as 245; that day's own report gave 230.
Price previous: 230 and 245, difference 0.065.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260319_e - Daily Price Report - 19 March 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 245.0, but 2026-03-18's own Today = 230.0 (6.5% 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'.