Black pepper, ginger firm up on good demand, low arrivals

Prices of black pepper and ginger firmed up at the spices market here today due to increased demand from stockists and exporters on the back of restricted arrivals from key growing regions.
While, copra, across the spectrum of varieties maintained a steady trend in the absence of necessary buying support.
Black pepper moved up by Rs 5/2 per kilo to Rs 640/730 from Thursday's closing level of Rs 635/728.
Ginger bleached and unbleached both rose by Rs 5 per kilo to Rs 230 and Rs 250 as compared to Rs 225 and Rs 245, respectively.
Following are today's closing rates (in Rs with previous rates in brackets):

Black pepper (per kg) 640/730 (635/728), ginger bleached (per kg) 230 (225), ginger unbleached (per kg) 250 (245), copra office Alapuzha (per quintal) 8,600 (8,600), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 8,400 (8,400), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 16,500 (16,500), copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 11,000 (11,000).