Prices of cardamom brown and black pepper were traded lower by Rs 10 per kg at the wholesale kirana market today owing to slackened demand.
Traders said weak demand against adequate stocks position mainly led to the fall in cardamom brown and black pepper prices.
In the national capital, cardamom brown -Jhundiwali and Kanchicut eased by Rs 10 each to Rs 1,400-1,460 and Rs 1,500-1,640 per kg respectively.
Black pepper also weakened by the same margin to Rs 740-890 per kg.
Following are today's quotations per quintal:
Ajwain (per kg) 15,500-20,000, black pepper (per kg) 740-890, betel-nut (kg) 180-200, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 1,400-1,460 and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 1,500-1,640.
Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 695-745, cardamom (colour robin) 675-735, cardamom bold 725-745, cardamom extra (bold) 895-945 and cloves 840-890.
