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Big Onion (Imp) (retail, Narahenpita)

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

Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Daily Price Report - 16 September 2026 (16 Sep 2026)

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About this series

  • Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
  • Unit Rs/kg
  • Date range 18 May 2020 – 16 Sep 2026
  • Last checked 16 Sep 2026

Checks: 3 recorded for this series, listed below.

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Name in the warehouse
Big Onion (Imp) (retail, Narahenpita)
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, Narahenpita retail, item as printed: 'Big Onion (Imp)'

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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 itself18 Jun 2020

    The report of 18 Jun 2020 gives the previous day's price as 90; that day's own report gave 80.

    Price previous: 80 and 90, difference 0.125.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200618_e - Daily Price Report - 18 June 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 90.0, but 2020-06-17's own figure = 80.0 (12.5% 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 itself2 Sep 2020

    The report of 2 Sep 2020 gives the previous day's price as 120; that day's own report gave 140.

    Price previous: 140 and 120, difference 0.143.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200902e - Daily Price Report - 02 September 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 120.0, but 2020-08-31's own figure = 140.0 (14.3% 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 itself3 Feb 2026

    The report of 3 Feb 2026 gives the previous day's price as 280; that day's own report gave 200.

    Price previous: 200 and 280, difference 0.4.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260203_e - Daily Price Report - 03 February 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 280.0, but 2026-02-02's own Today = 200.0 (40.0% 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'.