NEW DELHI, June 7: Pistachio prices edged up by Rs 5 per kg at the wholesale dry fruit market in the national capital today following increased buying by retailers and stockists amid fall in supplies from overseas markets.
Prices of pistachio hairati and peshwari rose by Rs 5 each to conclude at Rs 1,500-1,570 and Rs 1,700-1,750 per kg, respectively.
Marketmen said, increased offtake by retailers and stockists amid fall in supplies from overseas markets pushed up pistachio prices.
Following are today’s quotations (per 40 kgs):
Almond (California-new) Rs 18,900-19,100, almond-gurbandi Rs 12,300-12,800, almond (girdhi) Rs 5,300-5,500, abjosh afghani Rs 8,000-25,000, almond kernel (california) Rs 675-685 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 1,080-1,085, cashew Kernel (no 210) Rs 975-985, cashew kernel (no 240) Rs 875-885, cashew kernel (no 320) Rs 755-775, cashew kernel broken 2 pieces Rs 705-780, cashew kernel broken 4 pieces Rs 630-730, cashew kernel broken 8 pieces Rs 560-665, copra (qtl) Rs 18,000-22,000, coconut powder (25 kgs) Rs 5,300-6,000, dry dates-red (qtl) Rs 3,500-12,500, fig Rs 25,000-35,000 (40 kgs), kishmish kandhari local Rs 8,000-10,000 (40 kgs), kishmish kandhari special Rs 10,000-20,000 (40 kgs), kishmish Indian yellow (40 kgs) Rs 6,800-7,000 (40 kgs), kishmish Indian green Rs 8,500-12,000 (40 kgs), pistachio Irani Rs 1,250-1,400 (1 kg), pistachio hairati Rs 1,500-1,570 (1 kg), pistachio peshawari Rs 1,700-1,750 (1 kg), pistachio dodi (roasted) 750-900 (1 kg), walnut Rs 300-400 and walnut kernel (1 kg) Rs 600-1,000. (PTI)