Select spices strengthen on sustained buying support

Supported by the ongoing marriage season demand, prices of select spices strengthened up to Rs 500 per quintal on the wholesale kirana market today.

Besides, restricted supplies from producing regions also influenced prices.  

Traders said increased buying by stockists and retailers, powered by the ongoing marriage season demand attributed rise in the prices.   

They said limited arrivals from producing regions were also responsible for the rise in wholesale select spices.

In the national capital, jeera common and best quality maintained their upward march for the third straight day by adding Rs 500 each to Rs 15,000-15,200 and Rs 17,100-17,400 per quintal respectively.

Ajwain followed suit and gained Rs 500 to Rs 13,000-20,500 per quintal.  

Red chillies too traded higher by Rs 200 to Rs 7,200-11,800, while black pepper up by Rs 100 to Rs 24,000-24,200 per quintal.

Following are today's quotations in Rs per quintal: 

Ajwain 13,000-20,500, black pepper common 24,000-24,200, betelnut (kg) 120-145, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 1,040-1,050, and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 1,175-1,350

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 1,100-1,180, cardamom (colour robin) 1,150-1,170, cardamom bold 1,180-1,190, cardamom extra (bold) 1,300-1,320 and cloves (kg) 330-390

Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 430-460 Dry mango (raipur) Rs 7,000-9,500 Dhania Rs 5,200-9,700 Dry ginger Rs 20,000-24,500 Kalaunji Rs 11,500-12,500 Mace-Red (kg) Rs 1,780-1,950 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1,650-1,850

Methiseed Rs 3,200-4,200 Makhana ( kg) Rs 240-350 Nutmeg Rs 710-720 Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 200 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 200-250 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 185 Red chillies Rs 7,200-11,800

Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 80,000-90,000 Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 1,20,000-1,40,000 Soanf-bold Rs 8,000-13,000 Turmeric Rs 15,700-17,700 Tamarind Rs 2,300-2,900 Tamarind without seed Rs 4,000-7,000

Tea (kg) Rs 60-210 Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 160 Jeera common Rs 15,000-15,200 Jeera best Rs 17,100-17,400