Turmeric, jeera rise on stockists buying

Turmeric and jeera prices rose up to Rs 300 per quintal in the national capital today on fresh buying by stockists as well as exporters.  

Restricted arrivals from producing belts also put pressure on the prices.   

Turmeric prices rose up to Rs 300 to conclude at Rs 8,500-14,500 per quintal.

Jeera common and jeera best quality also rose further by Rs 200 to finish at Rs 14,700-14,900 and Rs 19,900-17,000 per quintal respectively. 

Traders said buying support from stockists as well as exporters against restricted arrivals from producing region mainly pushed up turmeric and jeera prices on the wholesale kirana market here. 

Following are today's quotations: 

Ajwain 17,500-23,000, black pepper common 27,500-27,700, betelnut (kg) 110-120, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 920-980, and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 1,100-1,250

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 610-640, cardamom (colour robin) 620-660, cardamom bold 640-690, cardamom extra (bold) 890-920 and cloves (kg) 700-785

Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 570-670 Dry mango (raipur) Rs 9,000-10,500 Dhania Rs 5,500-10,000 Dry ginger Rs 15,000-21,000 Kalaunji Rs 9,000-9,500 Mace-Red (kg) Rs 1,400-1,550 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1,750-1,850

Methiseed Rs 3,000-4,200 Makhana (kg) Rs 300-350 Nutmeg Rs 700-710 Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 145 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 155-210 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 160 Red chillies Rs 9,500-13,200

Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 80,000-90,000 Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 1,20,000-1,35,000 Soanf-bold Rs 9,000-13,500 Turmeric Rs 8,500-14,500 Tamarind Rs 3,600-3,900 Tamarind without seed Rs 5,000-8,500

Tea (kg) Rs 70-220 Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 125 Jeera common Rs 14,700-14,900 Jeera best Rs 16,900-17,000