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Tomato prices decreased 30 percent in a week: PBS

Tomato prices are still 3.5 times higher when compared with previous year

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March 5, 2022
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Islamabad March 5 2022: The SPI for the current week ended on 03rd March, 2022 recorded an increase of 0.04 percent, as per data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

Increase in the prices of food items, Chicken (10.47 percent), Bananas (7.06 percent), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (4.08 percent), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (3.69 percent), Mustard Oil (2.98 percent), Cooking Oil 5 liter (2.19 percent), Powdered Milk (1.11 percent) and non-food items, LPG (9.45 percent) and Georgette (1.06 percent) is observed with joint impact of (0.87 percent) into the overall SPI for combined group of (0.04 percent).

On the other hand, decrease is observed in the prices of Tomatoes (27.06 percent), Eggs (7.18 percent), Diesel (6.43 percent), Petrol (6.23 percent), Garlic (3.27 percent), Pulse Moong (0.96 percent), Pulse Masoor (0.69 percent), Onions (0.40 percent), Wheat Flour (0.35 percent), Sugar (0.27 percent), Potatoes (0.20 percent), Pulse Mash (0.16 percent) and Gur (0.10 percent).

During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 19 (37.25 percent) items increased, 13 (25.50 percent) items decreased and 19 (37.25 percent) items remained stable.

The year on year trend depicts an increase of 15.23 percent, Tomatoes (241.95 percent), LPG (71.48 percent), Garlic (57.88 percent), Mustard Oil (53.22 percent), Cooking Oil 5 litre (44.91 percent), Vegetable Ghee 1 Kg (44.00 percent), Vegetable Ghee 2.5 Kg (43.21 percent), Washing Soap (36.95 percent), Pulse Masoor (34.81 percent), Petrol (33.42 percent), Beef (25.05 percent) and Diesel (23.75 percent), while major decrease observed in the prices of Chillies Powdered (36.30 percent), Pulse Moong (30.23 percent), Eggs (8.70 percent), Sugar (8.19 percent), Potatoes (7.38 percent) and Onions (6.49 percent).

Source: PBS
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