PESHAWAR: Mixed trend in prices of essential food commodities, including vegetable, live chicken/meat, flour, sugar, cooking oil/ghee, and other grocery items was witnessed in the retail market.
A weekly market carried out by Business Recorder here on Sunday revealed that almost all important daily use items have touched a new peak.
Upward trends in prices of live chicken/meat and products have witnessed in the retail market, the survey said. One kilogramme live chicken jumped up at Rs445 against the price of Rs405 per kilogramme in the retail market.
No change in prices of cow meat as a one kilogramme cow meat without bone available at Rs2000 and cow meat with bone is being sold at Rs1500 per kilogramme against the official rates of Rs900 per kilogramme announced by local authorities. Mutton beef was being sold from Rs2800 to Rs3000 per kg in the open market.
The price of sugar remained unchanged as the commodity was being sold at Rs152 per kilogramme in the retail market.
No change in prices of flour registered in the retail and wholesale market. A 20-kg fine flour bag was available at Rs3000, whereas 80-kg flour was being sold at Rs13500 in the previous week as compared to preceding week, the survey noted.
It was noticed despite price stability in wholesale market retailers and shopkeepers are still charging the high rate as one kilogramme flour was selling at Rs180, which should be dropped to Rs150/kg as per rate in the wholesale market. Despite reduction in flour prices, tandoorwala have continued selling Roti at Rs30 in absence of any check by authorities concerned.
Rs150 increase in prices of LPG also witnessed as a kilogramme LPG gas was available at Rs Rs500-550 in the open market, the survey said.
Likewise, there was still a bullish trend in prices of cooking oil/ghee of various brands.
Lemon was available at Rs150 per kilogramme while green chilli was being sold at Rs100-150 per kilogramme, the survey said.
Prices of garlic and ginger, which are mostly used items of the kitchen, were being sold at reasonable rates, the survey noted. A 50 percent cut has been registered in percent of tomato as being sold at Rs100 per kg, while the onion is being sold at Rs150 per kg in the retail market. Red potato is being sold at Rs70 per kg, while white colour potato is available at Rs50 per kg.
Peas is being sold at Rs 400 per kg, arvi at Rs100, capsicum at Rs 150, turnip at Rs 100, cucumber at Rs 200 and calabash at Rs 120 per kg, the survey noted.
Prices of pulses remained unchanged in the retail market, according to the survey.
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.
Similarly, the survey furthermore said dal mash was available at Rs 480, 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.
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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