Red Onion (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: 7 recorded for this series, listed below.
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- Name in the warehouse
- Red Onion (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: 'Red Onion (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 itself24 Jan 2019
The report of 24 Jan 2019 gives the previous day's price as 88; that day's own report gave 98.
Price previous: 98 and 88, difference 0.102.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190124e_0 - Daily Price Report - 24 January 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 88.0, but 2019-01-22's own figure = 98.0 (10.2% 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 itself24 Jan 2019
The report of 24 Jan 2019 gives the previous day's price as 88; that day's own report gave 98.
Price previous: 98 and 88, difference 0.102.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190124e_1 - Daily Price Report - 23 January 2018.pdf: previous-day column = 88.0, but 2019-01-22's own figure = 98.0 (10.2% 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 itself5 Apr 2019
The report of 5 Apr 2019 gives the previous day's price as 65; that day's own report gave 70.
Price previous: 70 and 65, difference 0.071.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190405e - Daily Price Report - 05 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 65.0, but 2019-04-04's own figure = 70.0 (7.1% 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 itself26 Mar 2020
The report of 26 Mar 2020 gives the previous day's price as 308; that day's own report gave 285.
Price previous: 285 and 308, difference 0.081.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200326_e - Daily Price Report - 26 March 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 308.0, but 2020-03-23's own figure = 285.0 (8.1% 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 itself18 Mar 2022
The report of 18 Mar 2022 gives the previous day's price as 215; that day's own report gave 205.
Price previous: 205 and 215, difference 0.049.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220318e - Daily Price Report - 18 March 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 215.0, but 2022-03-15's own Today = 205.0 (4.9% 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 itself18 Feb 2026
The report of 18 Feb 2026 gives the previous day's price as 205; that day's own report gave 175.
Price previous: 175 and 205, difference 0.171.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260218_e - Daily Price Report - 18 February 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 205.0, but 2026-02-16's own Today = 175.0 (17.1% 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 itself19 Mar 2026
The report of 19 Mar 2026 gives the previous day's price as 155; that day's own report gave 200.
Price previous: 200 and 155, difference 0.225.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260319_e - Daily Price Report - 19 March 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 155.0, but 2026-03-18's own Today = 200.0 (22.5% 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'.