Pepper, jeera rise on buying support

Black pepper and jeera prices rose by Rs 100 per quintal in the national capital today on fresh buying by retailers and stockists, amid low stock positions. 

On encouraging advices from futures market also supported the rise in prices. Black pepper prices rose by Rs 100 to settle at Rs 28,000-28,200 per quintal on buying support from exporters.  

Jeera common and jeera best quality also rose by Rs 100 each to Rs 13,900-14,200 and  Rs 16,100-16,200 per quintal respectively on favourable advices from Unhja in Gujarat.

Traders said fresh buying by stockists and rising exports demand mainly pushed up select spice prices on the wholesale kirana market here. They said fall in supplies from producing belts and a firming trend in spices at futures market too aided trading sentiments to improve.

Following are today's quotations in Rs per quintal:

Ajwain 17,500-23,000, black pepper common 28,000-28,200, betelnut (kg) 110-120, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 900-920, and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 1,020-1,150

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 600-630, cardamom (colour robin) 610-640, cardamom bold 630-660, cardamom extra (bold) 900-930 and cloves (kg) 620-670

Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 550-650 Dry mango (raipur) Rs 9,000-11,000 Dhania Rs 5,800-10,500 Dry ginger Rs 15,000-21,000 Kalaunji Rs 9,000-10,000 Mace-Red (kg) Rs 1,450-1,700 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1,750-1,800

Methiseed Rs 3,000-4,000 Makhana (kg) Rs 300-350 Nutmeg Rs 710-730 Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 140 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 150-205 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 155 Red chillies Rs 9,000-13,000

Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 80,000-90,000 Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 1,20,000-1,45,000 Soanf-bold Rs 9,000-13,500 Turmeric Rs 8,400-14,400 Tamarind Rs 3,700-3,900 Tamarind without seed Rs 5,000-8,500 Tea (kg) Rs 70-220

Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 120 Jeera common Rs 13,900-14,200 Jeera best Rs 16,100-16,200