PESHAWAR: A downward trend in prices of vegetables, live chicken/meat, sugar and other daily use items, except flour was witnessed in the retail market.
A weekly-market survey carried out by Business Recorder here on Sunday revealed prices of vegetable have decreased while some important kitchen items like flour, eggs and cooking oil/ghee, were remained unchanged.
A further decrease of Rs10 per kilogram has registered in price of live chicken in retail market as one kilogram chicken was available Rs350 against the price of Rs360/kg. Cow meat without bone was available at Rs1100 and cow meat with bone is being sold at Rs1000 per kilogramme against the official rates announced by local authorities concerned. Mutton beef was being sold from Rs2500 to Rs3000/kg in open market.
Price of tomatoes had dropped as available at Rs100 per kilogram against the price of Rs140per kilogram in the previous week as compared to preceding week, whereas price of onion remained unchanged as being sold at Rs120 and Rs140per kilogram in the retail market. Ginger and garlic remained unchanged as being available at Rs600/kg and Rs200 and Rs300/kg respectively. Green chilli was being sold at Rs100/kg. Lemon is being sold at Rs150/ kg in retail market, the survey said.
Peas was being sold at Rs200-250 per kg, capsicum at Rs200/kilo, ladyfinger Rs200-300 per kilo, Arvi Rs200/ kilo, turnip at Rs50-70/kg Eggplant (bringle) Rs100/ kilo, Zucchini (tori) Rs100-120/ kilo, Tinda Rs80/kg, cabbage at Rs120/kg, red-coloured potatoes available at Rs100/ kg while white-coloured potatoes are sold at Rs80/ kg in the retail market, the survey said.
A mixed trend was also witnessed in prices of pulses, according to the survey.
The survey said good quality (sela) was available at Rs360/kg, while low quality rice was available at Rs300-320/kg, while tota rice was available at Rs200-220/kg.
Survey said dal mash was available at Rs480/kg, dal masoor at Rs320/ kilo, dal chilka (black) at Rs320/kg, dal chilka (green) at Rs260/kg, moonge at Rs400/kg, dhoti dal at Rs400/kg, dal Channa at Rs450/kg, red bean at Rs440/ kg, Gram flour (baisen) at Rs420/kg against Rs280/kg, big-size white Channa at Rs380/kg, small-size white Channa from Rs360/kg.
The price of sugar remained unchanged as available at Rs190-200 per kilogramme in the retail market. Prices of cooking oil/ghee of various brands and quality also remained unchanged.
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