Lime (retail, Pettah)
Daily food prices, Pettah and Dambulla. Rs/kg, daily.
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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 3 Jun 2019 – 15 Oct 2026
- Last checked 15 Oct 2026
Checks: 3 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Lime (retail, Pettah)
- 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, Pettah retail, item as printed: 'Lime'
Source documents
Vintages
400 vintages, the latest published 15 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 itself18 Mar 2022
The report of 18 Mar 2022 gives the previous day's price as 130; that day's own report gave 140.
Price previous: 140 and 130, difference 0.071.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220318e - Daily Price Report - 18 March 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 130.0, but 2022-03-15's own Today = 140.0 (7.1% 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'.
- Disagrees with itself23 Jun 2022
The report of 23 Jun 2022 gives the previous day's price as 350; that day's own report gave 450.
Price previous: 450 and 350, difference 0.222.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220623 - Daily Price Report - 23 June 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 350.0, but 2022-06-21's own Today = 450.0 (22.2% 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 itself10 Dec 2024
The report of 10 Dec 2024 gives the previous day's price as 450; that day's own report gave 400.
Price previous: 400 and 450, difference 0.125.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2024/price_report_20241210_e - Daily Price Report - 10 December 2024.pdf: previous-report column = 450.0, but 2024-12-09's own Today = 400.0 (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'.