Red Onion (Imp) (wholesale, Pettah)
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 1 Aug 2016 – 16 Oct 2026
- Last checked 16 Oct 2026
Checks: 6 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Red Onion (Imp) (wholesale, 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 wholesale, item as printed: 'Red Onion (Imp)'
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 itself8 Apr 2019
The report of 8 Apr 2019 gives the previous day's price as 110; that day's own report gave 100.
Price previous: 100 and 110, difference 0.1.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190408e - Daily Price Report - 08 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 110.0, but 2019-04-05's own figure = 100.0 (10.0% 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 itself18 Mar 2022
The report of 18 Mar 2022 gives the previous day's price as 215; that day's own report gave 218.
Price previous: 218 and 215, difference 0.014.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220318e - Daily Price Report - 18 March 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 215.0, but 2022-03-15's own Today = 218.0 (1.4% 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 itself15 Sep 2022
The report of 15 Sep 2022 gives the previous day's price as 407; that day's own report gave 410.
Price previous: 410 and 407, difference 0.007.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220915e - Daily Price Report - 15 September 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 407.0, but 2022-09-13's own Today = 410.0 (0.7% 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'.
- For information16 Jul 2018
Checked against another source.
Placeholder zero: 0.
LK.CPI.DAILY_PRICE.PETTAH_WHOLESALE_RED_ONION_IMP.D: 0 in a series that cannot be 0 (price), dropped
- For information17 Jul 2018
Checked against another source.
Placeholder zero: 0.
LK.CPI.DAILY_PRICE.PETTAH_WHOLESALE_RED_ONION_IMP.D: 0 in a series that cannot be 0 (price), dropped
- For information18 Jul 2018
Checked against another source.
Placeholder zero: 0.
LK.CPI.DAILY_PRICE.PETTAH_WHOLESALE_RED_ONION_IMP.D: 0 in a series that cannot be 0 (price), dropped