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Costs of bread & a number of important meals objects diminished

Costs of a number of important meals objects have been diminished because of the strengthening of the Sri Lankan Rupee towards the US Greenback.

The Important Meals Commodities’ Importers and Merchants Affiliation acknowledged that the strengthening of the Sri Lankan Rupee has resulted in a drop in wholesale costs of imported meals commodities by round 10%.

The Affiliation additional acknowledged that thereby, the wholesale costs of imported Sugar, Dhal and Onions have been diminished by Rs.30 per kilogram.

In the meantime, flour firms – Serandib and Prima have introduced that the worth of their Wheat Flour merchandise might be diminished by Rs.15 per kilo from right now.

The All Ceylon Bakery House owners’ Affiliation has introduced that the worth of a 450g loaf of bread might be diminished by Rs. 10 from midnight right now (08).