PESHAWAR: Mixed trend in prices of essential food commodities was witnessed in the retail market, according to a weekly survey conducted by media here on Sunday.
The survey noted prices of vegetables, cooking oil/ghee, flour, pulses, cow meat, except live chicken/meat remained unchanged.
Price of live chicken has dropped at Rs435 from Rs460/kg, while a dozen of farm eggs was being sold at Rs280-300 and hen eggs were available at Rs450-500 per dozen.
However, the price of cow meat remained unchanged as without bone meat was being sold at Rs900 and within bone Rs700-800, the survey said. Buyers say vendors continuously charged self-imposed prices in absence of any price-control mechanism as local administration has been reluctant to take action against profiteers in the city. Price of mutton beef touched at Rs2400-2500/kg in the open market, it added.
According to the survey, the price of vegetables remained sky-rocketed in the local market. Price of tomatoes dropped at Rs100/kg against Rs150/kg while the price of onion remained the same as being sold at Rs100 to Rs120/kg. Similarly, the prices of ginger and garlic remained unchanged as available at Rs800/kg and Rs400 and Rs600/kg respectively. Green chili was available at Rs120-150/kg, the survey said.
Peas was being sold at Rs250-300 per kg, capsicum at Rs250-300/kg, ladyfinger Rs150-180/kg, and curry Rs60/kg and, Kachalu Rs150-200/kg, turnip at Rs100-120/kg Eggplant (bringle) Rs100/kg, Zucchini (tori) Rs80-100/kg, Tinda Rs100/kg, lemon was being sold at Rs200/kg, the survey said. Arvi was available at Rs200/kg, Karela (bitter gourd) at Rs60-70/kg, cabbage at Rs200/kg, red-colored potatoes available at Rs100-120/kg while white-colored potatoes are sold at Rs70-80/kg in the retail market.
Price of flour also remained unchanged as 20-kg fine flour sac was being sold at Rs2200-2300 and brown-colored flour sac at Rs1800-1900 in the open market. Wheat flour other products like maida, soji and choker flour also remained high in the retail market.
Mixed trend in prices of pulses and grocery items was registered in the retail market.
According to the survey, good quality rice (sela) was available at Rs260-270/kg, while low quality rice was available at Rs250/kg, while tota rice was available at Rs180-200/kg.
Similarly, the survey furthermore said dal mash was available at Rs600/kg, dal masoor at Rs320 per kilo, dal chilka (black) at Rs320/kg, dal chilka (green) at Rs260/kg, moonge at Rs280/kg, dhoti dal at Rs320/kg, dal Channa at Rs320/kg, white lobiya at Rs450/kg, red bean at Rs440/kg, Gram flour (baisen) at Rs280/kg, big-size white Channa at Rs360 /kg, small-size white Channa from Rs300/kg.
Sugar was available at Rs150/kg in the retail market against the price of Rs144 per kg, the survey said.
Prices of confectionery items, beverages, baby-milk, milk powder, pumpers and others also remained sky-rocketed in the local market.
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