Menthol prices declined by Rs 5 per kg in the national capital today, due to reduced offtake by consuming units amid adequate stocks.
Fresh arrivals from producing belts in Uttar Pradesh also put pressure on the prices.
Menthol bold crystal, flake and mentha oil prices fell by Rs 5 each to Rs 1,335, Rs 1,290 and Rs 1,235 per kg, respectively.
Market analysts said reduced offtake by consuming units against fresh arrivals from producing belts in Uttar Pradesh markets mainly kept pressure on the menthol prices.
Following are today's quotations:
Ammonium chloride (50 kg) Rs 900-2,400, acetic acid (1kg) Rs 44-46, ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 450-470, boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 3,400-3,800, borex granular (50 kg) Rs 1,800-2,000.
Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 1,250-1,350, citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 3,600-4,400, citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,700-4,500, camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 410, camphor powder (1kg) Rs 400, glycerine (1 kg) Rs 110-120, hexamine (1kg) Rs 82, hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) Rs 33-35, mercury (34.5 kg) Rs 3300, menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 1,335, menthol flake (1kg) Rs 1,290 and mentha oil (1kg) Rs 1,235.
Paraffin wax (1 kg) Iran Rs 80-83
Paraffin wax (1 kg) China Rs 95
Paraffin wax (1 kg) Indian Rs 95
Residue wax (p tonne) Rs 41,000
Soda ash (50 kg) (Tata) Rs 1,025
Soda ash (50 kg) (Gujarat) Rs 975
Soda ash (50 kg) (DCW) Rs 975
Soda ash (50 kg) (Birla) Rs 975
Soda Hydro Sulphate (1 kg) Rs 100-130
Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) damosha
Rs 88 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) china Rs 55 Sodium hydro sulphite safolite (1 kg) Rs 110-133 Sodium silicate (Qtl) Rs 1,050-1,200
Sodium nitrate (50 kg) Rs 1,700-1,900
Sodium nitrite (50 kg) Rs 1,900-2,200
Sodium bio-carbonate (50 kg) Rs 1,025
Stable bleaching powder (25 kg) Rs 325-340 Tartaric acid france (1 kg) Rs 440
Thymol (1 kg) Rs 640
Titanium dioxide (1 kg) Rs 120-200
Oxalic acid (pcpl) 50 kg Rs 2,000-2,200
Zinc oxide (Kg) 110-120