Black pepper edges up on scattered demand

Black pepper prices advanced by Rs 10 per kg at the wholesale kirana market in the national capital Thursday on the back of mild demand.

However, other spices moved in a narrow range on little doing and settled at previous levels.

Marketmen said some demand from stockists against limited arrivals from producing belts, mainly helped black pepper prices to trade higher.

Black pepper edged up by Rs 10 to Rs 400-570 per kg.

Following are today's quotations (in Rs):

Ajwain (per kg) 95-160, black pepper (per kg) 400-570, betel-nut (kg) 270-300, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali(kg) 560-580 and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 650-900, cardamom small (kg)-chitridar 1,200-1,400, cardamom (colour robin) 1,200-1,225, cardamom bold 1,300-1,325, cardamom extra (bold) 1,375-1,400, cloves 560-620, chirounji (kg) Rs 650-780, cinnamon (kg) Rs 180-185, coriander (qntl) Rs 5,900-12,100, dry mango (qntl) Rs 8,000-24,000, dry ginger (qntl) Rs 19,000-23,000, kalaunji (qntl) Rs 9,700-10,200, mace-Red (kg) Rs 1,150-1,730, mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1,325-1,350, methi (qntl) Rs 7,500-18,500, makhana (kg) Rs 600-750, nutmeg (kg) Rs 630-650, poppy seed (Turkey) Rs 450, (China) Rs 430 kg, red chillies (qntl) Rs 5,500-13,500, saffron Irani Rs 80-90 (per gram), saffron Kashmiri Rs 85-95 (per gram), saunf (qntl) Rs 10,000-18,500, turmeric (qntl) Rs 7,600-10,500, tamarind (qntl) Rs 4,000-4,800, tamarind without seed (qntl) Rs 8,500-11,000, tea (kg) Rs 90-290, watermelon kernel (kg)Rs 140-150, jeera-new common (qntl) Rs 18,900-19,900 and jeera-new best (qntl) Rs 22,400-22,900.