During the month prices of bread, wheat flour, sugar, condensed milk, milk tea, dried chillies, pepper, garlic, fresh butter, beef, pork, fresh fish, dried fish and firewood rose during this month.
However, there were decline in prices of rice, tamarind, limes, red onions, coconuts, eggs and most varieties of Vegetables.
"These price decreases can be mainly attributed to more supply of locally produced agricultural consumer goods, specially the Vegetables to the main markets in Colombo City," the statement said.
As a result the Colombo consumer price index fell to 4209.0 in March from 4290.5 in February.