Red Onion (Local) (retail, Narahenpita)
Daily food prices, Pettah and Dambulla. Rs/kg, 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/kg
- 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
- Red Onion (Local) (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: 'Red Onion (Local)'
Source documents
Vintages
400 vintages, the latest published 16 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 itself3 Jun 2020
The report of 3 Jun 2020 gives the previous day's price as 340; that day's own report gave 240.
Price previous: 240 and 340, difference 0.417.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200603_e - Daily Price Report - 03 June 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 340.0, but 2020-06-02's own figure = 240.0 (41.7% 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'.
- Disagrees with itself18 Jun 2020
The report of 18 Jun 2020 gives the previous day's price as 360; that day's own report gave 300.
Price previous: 300 and 360, difference 0.2.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200618_e - Daily Price Report - 18 June 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 360.0, but 2020-06-17's own figure = 300.0 (20.0% 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'.
- Disagrees with itself3 Feb 2026
The report of 3 Feb 2026 gives the previous day's price as 650; that day's own report gave 440.
Price previous: 440 and 650, difference 0.477.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260203_e - Daily Price Report - 03 February 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 650.0, but 2025-12-05's own Today = 440.0 (47.7% 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'.
- Disagrees with itself14 Aug 2026
The report of 14 Aug 2026 gives the previous day's price as 650; that day's own report gave 380.
Price previous: 380 and 650, difference 0.711.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260814_e - Daily Price Report - 14 August 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 650.0, but 2026-03-03's own Today = 380.0 (71.1% 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'.