PESHAWAR: Prices of important daily use items, including vegetables, live chicken/meat, flour, sugar, pulses, beverages and others remained high in the retail market.
No change was witnessed in prices of tomato, as the commodity was available Rs260 per kilogramme in the retail market, it was revealed in a weekly market survey conducted by Business Recorder here on Sunday.
A one kilogramme onion is being sold at Rs120-140 per kilogramme whereas ginger available at Rs400-500 per kilogramme and garlic was available at Rs200-250 and Rs300 per kilogramme. Lemon, which demand increases due to rising temperature in the city, was available at Rs800 per kilogramme while green chili was being sold at Rs100-150 per kilogramme, the survey said.
The survey witnessed that prices of live chicken/meat and other poultry products remained high in the retail market as one kilogramme live chicken is being sold at Rs335 per kilogramme against the price of Rs345, showing an decrease of Rs10 per kilogramme in the retail market.
According to the survey, one kilogramme cow meat without bone is being sold at Rs1350 against the official rates of Rs900 per kilogramme announced by local authorities concerned. The price of mutton beef was being sold from Rs 2800 to Rs 3000 per kg in the open market.
A 20-kg bag flour was being sold at Rs2700 against the price of 2500. Similarly, the survey said flour prices showed inflexibility as an 80-kg bag was available at Rs 12,500 and Rs13000 per sac in the wholesale market.
Cooking oil and ghee remained high despite the announcement to cut prices in other parts of the country after gradual decrease in fuel prices.
Despite the cut in prices, LPG gas was still selling at Rs550 per kilo in the retail market.
One kilogramme sugar was being sold at Rs150 against the price of Rs 160 per kilogramme, the survey said.
The survey said good quality rice (sela) was available at Rs 360 per kilogramme, while low quality rice was available at Rs 300-320 per kilogramme, while toota rice was available at Rs 200-220 per kilogramme.
Prices of pulses remained unchanged in the retail market, according to the survey. Dal mash was available at Rs 480/kg, dal masoor at Rs 320 per kilogramme, dal chilka (black) at Rs 320 per kilogramme, dal chilka (green) at Rs 260 per kilogramme, moonge at Rs 400 per kilogramme, dhoti dal at Rs 400 per kilogramme, dal Channa at Rs 450 per kilogramme, red bean at Rs 440 per kilogramme, Gram flour (baisen) at Rs 420 per kilogramme against Rs 280 per kilogramme, big-size white Channa at Rs 380 per kilogramme, small-size white channa from Rs 360 per kilogramme.
Fruits, which are staple, but prices, are sky-rocketed in the local market, according to the survey. Apple was available at Rs 400-500 per kilogramme, banana at Rs200 per dozen, melon at Rs150 per kilo, mangoes at Rs200 and Rs300 per kilogramme.
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