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‎Changes in commodity, service prices in July

ProcIntel Risk Index (PRI) PRI indicates how much procurement risk attention a canonical event warrants, based on its potential impact, corroboration, linked-entity criticality, geographic or regulatory exposure, and confidence in the available evidence.16 · Minimal Freshness: Fresh Shows how recently the evidence supporting the event was updated. Freshness is displayed separately and does not automatically reduce PRI. Shows whether all structured inputs needed for the PRI are sufficiently assessed. Incomplete Entity Criticality data is disclosed rather than silently treated as low risk. DATA QUALITY WARNING

PRI: 16 — MINIMAL Base risk 23/100 × Moderate confidence multiplier (0.70). Highest contributor: Significance 46/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap (+18 of 40). Limiting factor: Linked-entity criticality 0/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap -- DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient (30 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient.

Confidence multiplier Confidence limits the final PRI when evidence is uncertain. A severe but weakly supported claim cannot reach the highest PRI bands.: 0.7 (Moderate) · Calculated 2026-08-20 20:35:26 (vv1).

Full contribution breakdown
  • Procurement Impact: 18 / 40 — Significance 46/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap
  • Corroboration: 5 / 15 — A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty)
  • Entity Criticality: 0 / 30 — Linked-entity criticality 0/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap -- DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient
  • Geographic Regulatory: 0 / 15 — 0 distinct content-linked geography/geographies
Event type
Commodity price movement
UUID
3c25080d-64e2-4223-94ef-40f0e0010175
Editorial review status
Pending (ProcIntel's own review of this record)
Event lifecycle
Breaking (the real-world state of the situation — a separate concept from review status above)
Significance
3 · Material
  • This type of disruption typically has a moderate procurement impact.
  • No specific geography identified yet.
  • Linked to 2 tracked entities.
  • Assessed time horizon: Short-term.
Confidence
3 · Moderate (distinct from each article link's own extraction confidence below)
  • Reported only by secondary sources so far — no primary/official confirmation yet.
  • Reported by a single source so far — not yet independently corroborated.
  • Key facts (what happened, when) are fully documented.
  • Evidence is current — updated within the last week.
Impact direction
Neutral or Mixed (provisional default — not yet reviewed)
Occurred at
2026-07 (month)
Evidence: "‎<p><img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/7ff7cca6-df6d-44f7-8ff1-61406f3303da.png"></p> <p class="ckeCaption">Shopping cart</p> <hr> <div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" >The average prices of 107 out of 169 commodities and services across 10 categories in Saudi Arabia increased year-on-year (YoY) in July 2026, according to data issued by the General Authority for Statistics (<strong>GASTAT</strong>).</div> <div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" ></div> <div> <p >Meanwhile, prices of 58 other goods and services declined, while price of four others remained unchanged.</p> <p ></p> <p >Among 99 items under the food and beverages category, local tomatoes recorded the highest price increase last month, rising 59.5% YoY, followed by Indian pomegranates (+35.29%).</p> <p ></p> <p >Meanwhile, Al Osra fine sugar topped the list of commodities that recorded the largest price declines during the same period, with its average price falling by 5.86%, followed by parsley, which declined by 5.50%, and imported round onions, which fell by 4.97%.</p> <p ></p> <p >Among items under the housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels category, prices showed a mixed trend in July, with 27 items rising and 11 items declining YoY.</p> <p ></p> <p >Most items under pets, related products and other cultural services recorded higher prices in July, with four items rising and one declining compared to the same period a year earlier.</p> <p ></p> <p >Clothing and footwear prices were mostly lower, with three items rising, six declining and one remaining unchanged YoY.</p> <p ></p> <p >The personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services category recorded mixed performance in July, with one item seeing a rise and two tracked items posting lower prices.</p> <p ></p> <p >Furniture, household equipment and routine household maintenance showed broad-based declines.</p> <p ></p> <p >Healthcare costs increased last month, with the three tracked services posting higher prices YoY.</p> <p ></p> <p >Meanwhile, transport services recorded mixed movements, with one service seeing a price increase, while the other declined in July.</p> <p ></p> <p >Restaurants and accommodation services showed mixed performance, with one service rising and two declining YoY.</p> <p ></p> <p >Tobacco prices edged lower, with Marlboro cigarette prices declining in July, compared to the same period a year earlier.</p> </div>"
Record type
REAL

Source Facts

‎<p><img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/7ff7cca6-df6d-44f7-8ff1-61406f3303da.png"></p> <p class="ckeCaption">Shopping cart</p> <hr> <div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" >The average prices of 107 out of 169 commodities and services across 10 categories in Saudi Arabia increased year-on-year (YoY) in July 2026, according to data issued by the General Authority for Statistics (<strong>GASTAT</strong>).</div> <div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" ></div> <div> <p >Meanwhile, prices of 58 other goods and services declined, while price of four others remained unchanged.</p> <p ></p> <p >Among 99 items under the food and beverages category, local tomatoes recorded the highest price increase last month, rising 59.5% YoY, followed by Indian pomegranates (+35.29%).</p> <p ></p> <p >Meanwhile, Al Osra fine sugar topped the list of commodities that recorded the largest price declines during the same period, with its average price falling by 5.86%, followed by parsley, which declined by 5.50%, and imported round onions, which fell by 4.97%.</p> <p ></p> <p >Among items under the housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels category, prices showed a mixed trend in July, with 27 items rising and 11 items declining YoY.</p> <p ></p> <p >Most items under pets, related products and other cultural services recorded higher prices in July, with four items rising and one declining compared to the same period a year earlier.</p> <p ></p> <p >Clothing and footwear prices were mostly lower, with three items rising, six declining and one remaining unchanged YoY.</p> <p ></p> <p >The personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services category recorded mixed performance in July, with one item seeing a rise and two tracked items posting lower prices.</p> <p ></p> <p >Furniture, household equipment and routine household maintenance showed broad-based declines.</p> <p ></p> <p >Healthcare costs increased last month, with the three tracked services posting higher prices YoY.</p> <p ></p> <p >Meanwhile, transport services recorded mixed movements, with one service seeing a price increase, while the other declined in July.</p> <p ></p> <p >Restaurants and accommodation services showed mixed performance, with one service rising and two declining YoY.</p> <p ></p> <p >Tobacco prices edged lower, with Marlboro cigarette prices declining in July, compared to the same period a year earlier.</p> </div>

Linked Signals

PublishedHeadlineSourceMatched textExtraction confidenceMethod
2026-08-20 12:44:00 ‎Changes in commodity, service prices in July Argaam - Main News price increase 95.0 high precision phrase

Linked Entities

EntityTypeLink methodConfidenceSource article
Sugar Commodity reused entity extraction 75.0 article
Saudi Arabia Country reused entity extraction 95.0 article

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Review History

DateActionPreviousNewReviewerNote
2026-08-20 20:35:26 Created Commodity price movement: '\u200eChanges in commodity, service prices in July' (lifecycle=Breaking) Deterministic v1 extractor
2026-08-20 20:35:26 Pri Recalculated score=None, band=None score=1, band='Minimal' Deterministic v1 extractor PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 5/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: no eligible entities.
2026-08-20 20:35:26 Pri Recalculated score=1.0, band='Minimal' score=1, band='Minimal' PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 5/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient.
2026-08-20 20:35:26 Article Linked source_item #11165
2026-08-20 20:35:26 Significance Changed None 3
2026-08-20 20:35:26 Confidence Changed None 3
2026-08-20 20:35:26 Pri Recalculated score=1.0, band='Minimal' score=16, band='Minimal' PRI: 16 — MINIMAL Base risk 23/100 × Moderate confidence multiplier (0.70). Highest contributor: Significance 46/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap (+18 of 40). Limiting factor: Linked-entity criticality 0/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap -- DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient (30 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient.