Cardamom prices gain on fresh buying

Cardamom prices rose Rs 10 per kg at the wholesale kirana market in the national capital today on rising demand from retailers and stockists amid paucity of stocks.
Cardamom brown Jhundiwali and brown-Kanchicut were up Rs 10 each at Rs 590-610 and Rs 660-940 per kg, respectively.
Marketmen said rising domestic as well as export demand against paucity of stocks weighed on cardamom prices.
Following are today's quotations (in Rs):
Ajwain (per kg) 120-170, black pepper (per kg) 480-610, betel-nut (kg) 260-300, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 590-610 and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 660-940, cardamom small (kg)- chitridar 975-1,050, cardamom (colour robin) 900-910, cardamom bold 925-950, cardamom extra (bold) 1,000-1,040, cloves 525-610, chirounji (kg) Rs 780-900, cinnamon (kg) Rs 160-165, coriander (qntl) Rs 6,500-13,100, dry mango (qntl) Rs 6,500-23,500, dry ginger (qntl) Rs 12,000-17,000, kalaunji (qntl) Rs 11,500-12,000, mace-Red (kg) Rs 870-1,150, mace- Yellow (kg) Rs 960-990, methi (qntl) Rs 7,000-18,500, makhana (kg) Rs 600-725, nutmeg (kg) Rs 470-490, poppy seed (China) Rs 540-570 kg, poppy seed (U.P) Rs 530-550 kg, poppy seed (MP- RAJ) Rs 540-560 kg, red chillies (qntl) Rs 6,500-14,000, saffron Irani Rs 100-110 (per gram), saffron Kashmiri Rs 120- 140 (per gram), saunf (qntl) Rs 8,500-15,000, turmeric (qntl) Rs 9,100-12,100, tamarind (qntl) Rs 7,000-9,000, tamarind without seed (qntl) Rs 14,000-15,500, tea (kg) Rs 100-290, watermelon kernel (kg)Rs 150-155, jeera common (qntl) Rs 21,200-21,300 and jeera best (qntl) Rs 23,600-24,100.