Coconut oil (retail, Narahenpita)
Daily food prices, Pettah and Dambulla. Rs/litre, daily.
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Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Daily Price Report - 16 October 2026 (16 Oct 2026)
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About this series
- Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit Rs/litre
- Date range 18 May 2020 – 16 Oct 2026
- Last checked 16 Oct 2026
Checks: 4 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Coconut oil (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: 'Coconut oil'
Source documents
Vintages
400 vintages, the latest published 16 Oct 2026.
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 itself26 Jun 2020
The report of 26 Jun 2020 gives the previous day's price as 507; that day's own report gave 380.
Price previous: 380 and 507, difference 0.334.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200626e - Daily Price Report - 26 June 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 507.0, but 2020-06-25's own figure = 380.0 (33.4% 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 itself4 Sep 2020
The report of 4 Sep 2020 gives the previous day's price as 493; that day's own report gave 370.
Price previous: 370 and 493, difference 0.332.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200904_e - Daily Price Report - 04 September 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 493.0, but 2020-09-03's own figure = 370.0 (33.2% 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 itself18 Mar 2022
The report of 18 Mar 2022 gives the previous day's price as 759; that day's own report gave 685.
Price previous: 685 and 759, difference 0.108.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220318e - Daily Price Report - 18 March 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 759.0, but 2022-03-15's own Today = 685.0 (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 itself29 Apr 2026
The report of 29 Apr 2026 gives the previous day's price as 889; that day's own report gave 963.
Price previous: 963 and 889, difference 0.077.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260429_e - Daily Price Report - 29 April 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 889.0, but 2026-04-28's own Today = 963.0 (7.7% 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'.