Turmeric,jeera weaken on stockists selling

Turmeric prices declined by Rs 100 to settle at Rs 5,200-8,600 per quintal.

Jeera common and jeera best quality also traded lower by Rs 100 each to Rs 14,600-14,800 and Rs 17,600-18,100 per quintal.

Marketmen said selling by stockists amid reduced offtake by local parties and weak export demand,mainly pulled down turmeric and jeera prices at the wholesale kirana market.

The following are today’s quotations:

Ajwain 12,000-16,500,black pepper common 31,400-32,500,betelnut (kg) 110-120,cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 640-740,and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 960-1,060.

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 480-505,cardamom (colour robin) 490-530,cardamom bold 500-520,cardamom extra (bold) 640-760 and cloves (kg) 765-840.

Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 1,025-1,100

Dry mango Rs 7,500-13,500

Dhania Rs 6,500-8,500

Dry ginger Rs 8,500-15,500

Kalaunji Rs 9,500-10,000

Mace-Red (kg) Rs 1,700-1,800

Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1,850-1,950

Methiseed Rs 3,000-4,200

Makhana (kg) Rs 310-410

Nutmeg Rs 770-800

Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 165

Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 170-215

Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 150

Red chillies Rs 7,000-9,800

Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 90,000-1,00,000

Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 1,30,000-1,42,000

Soanf-bold Rs 8,000-13,500

Turmeric Rs 5,200-8,600

Tamarind Rs 3,400-3,600

Tamarind without seed Rs 4,500-9,000

Tea (kg) Rs 80-280

Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 120

Jeera common Rs 14,600-14,800

Jeera best Rs 17,600-18,100.