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Paraw (wholesale, Negombo)

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

1,000 Rs/kg · 15 Oct 2026 (no change on 13 Oct 2026)

Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Daily Price Report - 15 October 2026 (15 Oct 2026)

Macro Lab · LK.CPI.DAILY_PRICE.NEGOMBO_WHOLESALE_PARAW.D · CC BY 4.0

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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: 4 recorded for this series, listed below.

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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 itself8 Apr 2019

    The report of 8 Apr 2019 gives the previous day's price as 500; that day's own report gave 530.

    Price previous: 530 and 500, difference 0.057.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190408e - Daily Price Report - 08 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 500.0, but 2019-04-05's own figure = 530.0 (5.7% 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 Mar 2022

    The report of 18 Mar 2022 gives the previous day's price as 850; that day's own report gave 820.

    Price previous: 820 and 850, difference 0.037.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220318e - Daily Price Report - 18 March 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 850.0, but 2022-03-15's own Today = 820.0 (3.7% 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 itself23 Jun 2022

    The report of 23 Jun 2022 gives the previous day's price as 1,300; that day's own report gave 1,350.

    Price previous: 1,350 and 1,300, difference 0.037.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220623 - Daily Price Report - 23 June 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 1300.0, but 2022-06-21's own Today = 1350.0 (3.7% 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 itself12 Feb 2024

    The report of 12 Feb 2024 gives the previous day's price as 1,000; that day's own report gave 1,200.

    Price previous: 1,200 and 1,000, difference 0.167.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2024/price_report_20240212_e - Daily Price Report - 12 February 2024.pdf: previous-report column = 1000.0, but 2024-02-07's own Today = 1200.0 (16.7% 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'.

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