Dryfruit prices end flat in thin trade

Dryfruit prices remained steady at the wholesale market here today on weak demand from bulk consumers.

Marketmen said negligible enquiries from retailers and weak demand from bulk consumers kept dryfruit prices unchanged.

Following are today's quotations (per 40 kgs):

Almond (California-new) Rs 18,100-18,200, almond-gurbandi Rs 12,000-12,500, almond (girdhi) Rs 5,000-5,200, abjosh afghani Rs 8,000-25,000, almond kernel (california) Rs 635-640 per kg, almond kernel (gurbandi) Rs 650-750 per kg,

chilgoza-(Roasted) (1 kg) Rs 2,300-2,400, cashew kernel 1 kg (no 180) Rs 1,085-1,090, cashew Kernel (no 210) Rs 980-990, cashew kernel (no 240) Rs 880-890, cashew kernel (no 320) Rs 770-780, cashew kernel broken 2 pieces Rs 655-760, cashew kernel broken 4 pieces Rs 630-730, cashew kernel broken 8 pieces Rs 560-665, copra (qtl) Rs 17,000-20,000, coconut powder (25 kgs) Rs 5,200-6,000, dry dates-red (qtl) Rs 3,200-12,500, fig Rs 25,000-35,000 (40 kgs), kishmish kandhari local Rs 8,000-10,000 (40 kgs), kishmish kandhari special Rs 8,000-20,000 (40 kgs), kishmish Indian yellow (40 kgs) Rs 4,900-6,100 (40 kgs), kishmish Indian green Rs 7,600-10,100 (40 kgs), pistachio Irani Rs 1,080-1,150 (1 kg), pistachio hairati Rs 1,455-1,520 (1 kg), pistachio peshawari Rs 1,595-1,620 (1 kg), pistachio dodi (roasted) 725-870 (1 kg), walnut Rs 240-330 and walnut kernel (1 kg) Rs 510-910.