Prices of 27 essential items reduced from Monday

Prices of 27 essential goods have been reduced and will be maintained for a period of three months from Monday (8), said Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardena.

Speaking at a media briefing today Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardana said the goods will be available to consumers through Sathosa outlets, co-operatives and ‘Q-shops’ at the new prices from Monday and will be effective for three months till the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in April.

New prices:

Essential items	Previous Price	Reduced Price
Red Raw Rice (1kg)	Rs. 106	Rs. 93
White Raw Rice (1kg)	Rs. 105	Rs. 93
White Nadu (1kg)	Rs. 109	Rs. 96
Samba (1kg)	Rs. 120	Rs. 99
Keeri Samba	Rs. 140	Rs. 125
Wheat flour	Rs. 105	Rs. 84
White sugar	Rs. 110	Rs. 99
Brown sugar	Rs. 140	Rs. 125
Tea (100g)	Rs. 130	Rs. 95
Australian red lentils (1kg)	Rs. 188	Rs.165
Indian Big Onions (1kg)	Rs. 140	Rs. 120
Local potatoes (1kg)	Rs. 220	Rs. 180
Pakistani potatoes (1kg)	Rs. 190	Rs. 140
Chickpeas (1kg)	Rs. 225	Rs. 175
Dried chilli (1kg)	Rs. 550	Rs. 495
Local canned fish (425g)	Rs. 240	Rs. 220
Imported canned fish (425g)	Rs. 280	Rs. 265
Thai sprats (1kg)	Rs. 430	Rs. 545
Skinned chicken	Rs. 430	Rs. 400
Crystal salt (1kg)	Rs. 55	Rs. 43
Powdered milk (400g)	Rs. 380	Rs. 355
Soybean oil (500ml)	Rs. 470	Rs. 310
Laundry soap– BCC (115g)	Rs. 53	Rs. 43
Laundry soap (650g)	Rs. 325	Rs. 260
Body soap (100g)	Rs. 63	Rs. 56
Handwash (100ml)	Rs. 350	Rs. 250
Face masks (SLS certified)	Rs. 25	Rs. 14