PESHAWAR: Mixed trend in prices of daily use items including live chicken, eggs, sugar, vegetables, pulses, fruits, flour and others was witnessed in the retail market, as per weekly market survey carried out by Business Recorder here on Sunday.
According to the survey, the price of some items fell while others remained high in the open market.
A reduction of Rs20 per kilogramme was witnessed in the prices of live chicken/ meat as the commodity was available at Rs330 per kilogramme against the price of Rs350 per kg in the retail market, whereas a dozen of farm eggs was being sold at Rs260 against the price of Rs240 per dozen.
No change in price of cow meat was noticed as without bone was available at Rs1350 and cow meat with bone was being sold at Rs1500 per kilogramme against the official rates of Rs900 per kilogramme announced by local authorities concerned.
The price of mutton beef was being sold from Rs2800 to Rs3000 per kg in the open market, the survey added.
Similarly, the price of sugar was being sold at Rs150 per kilogramme against the price of Rs152 per kg in the retail market.
Prices of LPG gas also remained unchanged in the open market, the survey said.
No change was registered in the price of flour as a 20-kg flour bag has increased at Rs3200 against the price of Rs3000 and Rs2900 in the wholesale and retail market which was selling at Rs2700 and Rs2500 respectively in the previous week, the survey said.
Likewise, the price of a 80-kg sac has gone up at Rs14000 against the price of Rs13000 in the wholesale market.
Similarly, the price of onion has touched a new peak after the unprecedented tomato price increase in the capital.
Onion was available at Rs200-180 per kilogramme against the price of Rs80-100 per kilogramme.
Reduction in price of tomatoes was witnessed as the commodity is being sold at Rs150-200 per kilogramme against the Rs300 and Rs350/kg in the previous week as compared to preceding week, the survey noted.
Price of lemon also dropped at 150 per kilogramme against the price of Rs400 per kilogramme in the retail market while green chili was being sold at Rs100-150 per kilogramme, the survey said.
Likewise, prices of cooking oil/ghee of various brands and quality remained high in the open market.
Buyers have complained that prices of food grains, especially those which were daily use items in the kitchen, were beyond their purchasing power.
The soaring prices continue to break the back of the common man, they said.
Prices of pulses remained unchanged in the retail market, according to the survey.
The survey said good quality (sela) was available at Rs 360 per kilogramme, while low quality rice was available at Rs300-320 per kilogramme, while toota rice was available at Rs 200-220 per kilogramme.
Similarly, the survey furthermore said dal mash was available at Rs450, 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, garma at Rs300-400 per piece, mangoes at Rs200 and Rs300 per kilogramme, leechi at Rs1000 per kilogram, Jaman at Rs800 per kilogramme.
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