Pepper, jeera fall on subdued demand

Black pepper and jeera prices fell up to Rs 200 per quintal in the national capital today due to weak local and export demand at existing higher prices.

Black pepper fell further by Rs 200 to settle at Rs 20,000-20,100 per quintal on subdued export demand.

Jeera prices also traded lower at Rs 12,900-13,100 and Rs declined to Rs 14,300-14,700, against the previous closing of Rs 13,000-13,200 and Rs 14,400-14,800 per quintal.

Marketmen said sufficient stocks position following increased arrivals from producing belts mainly pulled down the pepper and jeera prices in the wholesale kirana market here.

Following are today's quotations (per quintal):

Ajwain 13,500-19,000, black pepper common 20,000-20,100 betelnut (kg) 86-107, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 740-750 and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 825-975

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 925-1,040, cardamom (colour robin) 1,020-1,035, cardamom bold 1,060-1,080, cardamom extra (bold) 1,220-1,240 and cloves (kg) 285-350

Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 400-430 Dry mango( raipur) Rs 6,000-8,500 Dhania Rs 3,000-8,600 Dry ginger Rs 21,000-26,000 Kalaunji Rs 9,800-15,000 Mace-Red (kg) Rs 1,120-1,300 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1,480-1,500 Methiseed Rs 3,000-3,800

Makhana (per kg) Rs 150-220 Nutmeg Rs 520-555 Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 230 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 230-280 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 210 Red chillies Rs 5,100-10,100 Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 1,20,000-1,30,000

Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 1,55,000-1,70,000 Soanf-bold Rs 9,800-15,000 Turmeric Rs 15,600-18,400 Tamarind Rs 2,200-2,550 Tamarind without seed Rs 3,800-5,500 Tea (kg) Rs 65-200 Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 150 Jeera common Rs 12,900-13,100 Jeera best Rs 14,300-14,700