NEW DELHI, Mar 24: Cardamom prices fell by Rs 10 per kg at the wholesale kirana market in the national capital today owing to slackened demand.
Cardamom brown Jhundiwali and brown-Kanchicut were trading down by Rs 10 each to settle at Rs 630-660 and Rs 700-1,000 per kg, respectively.
Marketmen said, subdued domestic as well as export demand against adequate stock positions, mainly weighed on cardamom prices.
Following are today’s quotations (in Rs):
Ajwain (per kg) 95-155, black pepper (per kg) 380-550, betel-nut (kg) 260-330, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 630-660 and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 700-1,000, cardamom small (kg)-chitridar 975-1,075, cardamom (colour robin) 895-920, cardamom bold 935-955, cardamom extra (bold) 1,025-1,035, cloves 520-590, chirounji (kg) Rs 690-790, cinnamon (kg) Rs 150-160, coriander (qntl) Rs 6,000-12,300, dry mango (qntl) Rs 6,000-22,000, dry ginger (qntl) Rs 12,200-17,200, kalaunji (qntl) Rs 11,200-11,400, mace-Red (kg) Rs 900-1,125, mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 950-970, methi (qntl) Rs 7,000-18,500, makhana (kg) Rs 580-730, nutmeg (kg) Rs 430-440, poppy seed (U.P) Rs 460-470 kg, poppy seed (MP-RAJ) Rs 480-490 kg, red chillies (qntl) Rs 6,500-16,000, saffron Irani Rs 80-90 (per gram), saffron Kashmiri Rs 100-120 (per gram), saunf (qntl) Rs 9,500-16,500, turmeric (qntl) Rs 7,800-10,900, tamarind (qntl) Rs 4,800-5,100, tamarind without seed (qntl) Rs 8,500-9,500, tea (kg) Rs 95-285, watermelon kernel (kg) Rs 140-145, jeera-new common (qntl) Rs 16,300-16,500 and jeera-new best (qntl) Rs 18,500-19,000. (PTI)