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Consumers feel relief as wheat product prices soften during festival month

Going forward, market players feel that prices would be guided somewhat by the pace of new crop sowing and also the trajectory of liquidation of wheat inventories by government agencies

Trade sources said wheat production in 2022-23 (FY23) could be lower than the estimated over 111 million tonnes (mt) due to a sudden and sharp rise in temperatures in some parts of North India.
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The data showed that till November 17, 2023, wheat had been sown in around 8.60 million hectares of land till Friday

Sanjeeb Mukherjee

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Prices of wheat and wheat products like atta, maida, and sooji have softened since November. This should come as some relief to consumers during the peak festival season. However, the drop hasn't been uniform across all markets. In some markets of Madhya Pradesh, there has been a slight uptick in product prices, data sourced from private traders showed. 
 
Market players feel that prices would be guided somewhat by the pace of new crop sowing and also the trajectory of liquidation of wheat inventories by government agencies. 

On the sowing front, till last time when data was available (week ended November 16),

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