Pepper, jeera up on fresh buying

Black pepper and jeera prices rose by Rs 100 per quintal each in the national capital today on fresh buying support from retailers and stockists amid tight stocks. Fall in supplies from producing belts also supported the uptrend.

Black pepper prices surged by Rs 100 to settle at Rs 21,800-22,000 per quintal.

Jeera common and jeera best quality also traded higher at Rs 14,000-14,300 and Rs 15,000-15,600 against previous closing of Rs 13,900-14,200 and Rs 14,900-15,500 per quintal respectively in view of fall in supplies from Unjha in Gujarat against better offtake.

Traders said the rise in pepper and jeera prices was attributed to good demand from retailers and stockists and fall in supplies from producing belts, which pushed up select spice prices on the wholesale kirana market here.

Following are today's quotations (per quintal):

Ajwain 14,000-19,000, black pepper common 21,800-22,000, betelnut (kg) 85-105, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 740-750 and cardamom brown -Kanchicut (kg) 825-950

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 1,190-1,350, cardamom (colour robin) 1,440-1,450, cardamom bold 1,465-1,475, cardamom extra (bold) 1,590-1,610 and cloves (kg) 290-360

Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 410-450 Dry mango( raipur) Rs 6,000-8,500 Dhania Rs 3,100-8,500 Dry ginger Rs 22,000-25,500 Kalaunji Rs 10,000-11,800 Mace-Red (kg) Rs 860-980 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1250-1350 Methiseed Rs 3,200-4,200

Makhana (per kg) Rs 120-160 Nutmeg Rs 410-420 Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 205 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 205-255 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 185 Red chillies Rs 5,100-9,100 Soya bari pariwar (20 kg) Rs 350-400

Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 1,05,000-1,15,000 Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 1,45,000-1,62,000 Soanf-bold Rs 9,000-15,000 Turmeric Rs 16,400-19,900 Tamarind Rs 2,250-2,600 Tamarind without seed Rs 3,800-5,500 Tea (kg) Rs 60-175 Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 235 Jeera common Rs 14,000-14,300 Jeera best Rs 15,000-15,600