Pepper, jeera rise on stockists buying

Black pepper and jeera prices rose up to Rs 200 per quintal in the national capital today on increased buying by stockists driven by rising domestic and export demand, amid fall in supplies.   

Black pepper prices rose by Rs 200 to conclude at Rs 23,800-24,000 per quintal.

Jeera common and jeera best quality prices also increased by Rs 100 each to settle at Rs 15,100-15,200 and Rs 17,100-17,600 per quintal, respectively.  

Traders said increased buying by stockists on the back of pick up in domestic and export demand mainly influenced prices of select spices.   

In addition, fall in supplies from producing belts also gave push to rising prices on the wholesale kirana market here, they said.   

Following are today's quotations in Rs per quintal:

Ajwain 16,000-21,000, black pepper common 23,800-24,000, betelnut (kg) 110-120, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 1,010-1,020, and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 1,100-1,250

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 900-970, cardamom (colour robin) 940-950, cardamom bold 955-965, cardamom extra (bold) 1,150-1,160 and cloves (kg) 500-525

Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 400-440 Dry mango (raipur) Rs 7,200-9,500 Dhania Rs 4,800-9,500 Dry ginger Rs 16,500-21,500 Kalaunji Rs 11,000-12,000 Mace-Red (kg) Rs 1,800-1,900 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1,625-1,700

Methiseed Rs 3,100-4,200 Makhana (kg) Rs 230-240 Nutmeg Rs 680-700 Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 190 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 190-240 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 175 Red chillies Rs 7,000-12,500 Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 60,000-70,000 Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 90,000-1,15,000

Soanf-bold Rs 9,500-14,000 Turmeric Rs 13,000-17,000 Tamarind Rs 2,600-3,100 Tamarind without seed Rs 4,500-7,500 Tea (kg) Rs 60-210 Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 145 Jeera common Rs 15,100-15,200 Jeera best Rs 17,100-17,600