Papaw (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 1 Aug 2016 – 15 Oct 2026
- Last checked 15 Oct 2026
Checks: 6 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Papaw (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: 'Papaw'
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 itself6 Feb 2019
The report of 6 Feb 2019 gives the previous day's price as 250; that day's own report gave 240.
Price previous: 240 and 250, difference 0.042.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190206e - Daily Price Report - 06 February 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 250.0, but 2019-02-01's own figure = 240.0 (4.2% 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 itself11 Feb 2019
The report of 11 Feb 2019 gives the previous day's price as 230; that day's own report gave 240.
Price previous: 240 and 230, difference 0.042.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190211e - Daily Price Report - 11 February 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 230.0, but 2019-02-01's own figure = 240.0 (4.2% 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 itself14 Feb 2019
The report of 14 Feb 2019 gives the previous day's price as 220; that day's own report gave 240.
Price previous: 240 and 220, difference 0.083.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190214e - Daily Price Report - 14 February 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 220.0, but 2019-02-01's own figure = 240.0 (8.3% 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 itself15 Feb 2019
The report of 15 Feb 2019 gives the previous day's price as 220; that day's own report gave 240.
Price previous: 240 and 220, difference 0.083.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190215e_0 - Daily Price Report - 15 February 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 220.0, but 2019-02-01's own figure = 240.0 (8.3% 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 itself15 Feb 2022
The report of 15 Feb 2022 gives the previous day's price as 220; that day's own report gave 180.
Price previous: 180 and 220, difference 0.222.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220215 - Daily Price Report - 15 February 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 220.0, but 2022-02-14's own Today = 180.0 (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 itself18 Mar 2022
The report of 18 Mar 2022 gives the previous day's price as 200; that day's own report gave 220.
Price previous: 220 and 200, difference 0.091.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220318e - Daily Price Report - 18 March 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 200.0, but 2022-03-15's own Today = 220.0 (9.1% 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'.