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Samba (wholesale, Marandagahamula)

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: 5 recorded for this series, listed below.

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Name in the warehouse
Samba (wholesale, Marandagahamula)
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, Marandagahamula wholesale, item as printed: 'Samba'

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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 79; that day's own report gave 78.

    Price previous: 78 and 79, difference 0.013.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190405e - Daily Price Report - 05 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 79.0, but 2019-04-04's own figure = 78.0 (1.3% 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 itself8 Apr 2019

    The report of 8 Apr 2019 gives the previous day's price as 79; that day's own report gave 78.

    Price previous: 78 and 79, difference 0.013.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190408e - Daily Price Report - 08 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 79.0, but 2019-04-05's own figure = 78.0 (1.3% 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 itself26 Jan 2021

    The report of 26 Jan 2021 gives the previous day's price as 115; that day's own report gave 123.

    Price previous: 123 and 115, difference 0.065.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2021/price_report_20210126e - Daily Price Report - 26 January 2021.pdf: previous-report column = 115.0, but 2021-01-22's own Today = 123.0 (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'.

  • 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 167.

    Price previous: 167 and 168, difference 0.006.

    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 = 167.0 (0.6% 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 itself23 Jun 2022

    The report of 23 Jun 2022 gives the previous day's price as 263; that day's own report gave 265.

    Price previous: 265 and 263, difference 0.008.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220623 - Daily Price Report - 23 June 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 263.0, but 2022-06-21's own Today = 265.0 (0.8% 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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