Pepper rises on fresh buying; tight supply

Black pepper prices rose by Rs 300 per quintal in the national capital today on fresh buying by retailers and stockists, followed by pick up in domestic and exports demand.

Restricted supplies from producing belts also supported the upside in prices. Black pepper prices rose by Rs 300 to settle at Rs 22,500 -22,700 per quintal. 

Traders said sentiment turned better after rising domestic and exports demand and firming trend at futures market. 

Following are today's quotations (per quintal):

Ajwain 14,000-19,000, black pepper common 22,500-22,700, betelnut (kg) 85-105, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 740-750 and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 825-950.

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 1,250-1,400, cardamom (colour robin) 1,540-1,560, cardamom bold 1,580-1,600, cardamom extra (bold) 1,680-1,700 and cloves (kg) 370-400

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 1180-1300 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1440-1525 Methiseed Rs 3,200-4,200

Makhana (per kg) Rs 120-160 Nutmeg Rs 520-550 Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 205 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 205-255 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 185 Red chillies Rs 5,000-9,000 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 16,500-19,500 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 14,400-14,700 Jeera best Rs 15,500-16,000