Spices end steady in quiet trade

The following are today's closing rates in rupees with the previous rates in brackets:

Black pepper (per kg) 405/435 (405/435), ginger bleached (per kg) 85 (85), ginger unbleached (per kg) 100 (100), copra office Alapuzha (per quintal) 4,300 (4,300), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 4,200 (4,200), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 7,000 (7,000) and copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 5,250 (5,250). PTI EDM

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