Dry fruit prices remains steady in thin trade

Steady conditions prevailed on the wholesale dry fruits market today as prices moved in a tight range on alternate bouts of trading and settled around previous levels.

Following are today's quotations in Rs per 40 kg: 

Almond (California) Rs 9,950 Almond (gurbandi-new) Rs 4,950-5,150 almond (girdhi) Rs 2,700-2,800 and Abjosh Afghani Rs 7,000-20,000

Almond kernel in per kg (California) Rs 362-367, almond kernel (gurbandi-new) (kg) Rs 325-425

Chilgoza (roasted) (1 kg) Rs 1,700-1,800 Cashew kernel 1 kg (no 180) Rs 655-665 Cashew kernel (no 210) Rs 595-605 Cashew kernel (no 240) Rs 540-550 Cashew kernel (no 320) Rs 445-465 Cashew kernel broken 2 pieces Rs 440-445 Cashew kernel broken 4 pieces Rs 390-425

Cashew kernel broken 8 pieces Rs 280-350 Copra (qtl) Rs 7,700-7,800 Coconut powder (25 kg) Rs 2,900-3,000 Dry dates red (qtl) Rs 3,700-9,000 Fig Rs 6,500-15,000 Kishmish Kandhari local Rs 8,500-8,800 Kishmish Kandhari special Rs 12,500-20,000

Kishmish Indian yellow Rs 3,800-4,400 Kishmish Indian green Rs 6,500-8,500 Pistachio Irani Rs 850-900 Pistachio Hairati Rs 1,110-1,235 Pistachio Peshawari Rs 1,360-1,410 Pistachio Dodi (roasted) 550-635 Walnut Rs 160-225 Walnut kernel (1kg) Rs 450-700