Well we do import DAP, insecticides, prices of which have increased by 100 % internationally.
Fuel prices also contribute.
Apart from that vegetable prices has been quite stable recently ( in fact on the lower side).
3kg potato for 100 rupees.
4kg tomotoes for 100 rupees.
2 1/2 kg onions for 100 rupees.
Chicken prices are like 210 Rs / kg live bird.
Carrots 5kg for 100 rupees.
Atta is expensive though in Karachi as compared to rest of country.
Kitchen items’ prices ease as SPI goes down 0.43 percent
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News desk
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January 16, 2022
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on January 13, for the combined consumption group, witnessed decrease of 0.43 percent as compared to the previous week, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 167.39 points against 168.12 points registered in the previous week, according to the PBS data.
The food commodities that contributed in decline in weekly inflation included Chicken, the prices of which declined by 3.40%, on Week-on-Week (WoW) basis.
Other food commodities that witnessed decline in prices included potatoes (1.65%), tomatoes (1.26%), wheat flour (0.61%), garlic (0.47%), sugar (0.17%) and curd (0.16%). Among non-food items, the prices of LPG went down by 1.15% during the week.
On Year-on-Year basis, the commodities that witnessed decrease in prices included tomatoes (40.82%), pulse moong (25.37%), chillies powdered (6.71%) and sugar (0.40%).
Meanwhile, the commodities that witnessed increase on WoW basis, included onions (14.65%), bananas (1.51%), firewood (1.30%) and match box (1.14%).—APP
Kitchen items’ prices ease as SPI goes down 0.43 percent % The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on January 13,
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