NEW DELHI, Aug 6: Cashew prices fell by Rs 5 per kg at the wholesale dry fruits market in the national capital today owing to sluggish demand from retailers and stockists amid adequate stocks.
Increased arrivals from producing belts against slackened demand from bulk consumers also weighed pressure on the cashew prices.
Cashew kernel (No 180, 210, 240 and 230) prices fell by Rs 5 each to conclude at Rs 1,070-1,075, Rs 965-975, Rs 865-875 and Rs 765-775 per kg, respectively.
Marketmen said slackened demand from retailers and stockists against adequate stocks weighed on cashew prices.
Following are today’s quotations (per 40 kgs):
Almond (California-new) Rs 18,300-18,500, almond-gurbandi Rs 11,500-12,000, almond (girdhi) Rs 4,500-4,700, abjosh afghani Rs 8,000-25,000, almond kernel (california) Rs 665-675 per kg, almond kernel (gurbandi) Rs 650-750 per kg, chilgoza-(Roasted) (1 kg) Rs 2,200-2,300, cashew kernel 1 kg (no 180) Rs 1,070-1,075, cashew Kernel (no 210) Rs 965-975, cashew kernel (no 240) Rs 865-875, cashew kernel (no 320) Rs 765-775, cashew kernel broken 2 pieces Rs 715-765, cashew kernel broken 4 pieces Rs 600-710, cashew kernel broken 8 pieces Rs 555-665, copra (qtl) Rs 17,000-20,000, coconut powder (25 kgs) Rs 4,200-4,800, dry dates-red (qtl) Rs 3,200-11,000, 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 8,000-8,500 (40 kgs), kishmish Indian green Rs 10,000-13,000 (40 kgs), pistachio Irani Rs 1,250-1,400 (1 kg), pistachio hairati Rs 1,570-1,600 (1 kg), pistachio peshawari Rs 1,660-1,680 (1 kg), pistachio dodi (roasted) 770-900 (1 kg), walnut Rs 350-450 and walnut kernel (1 kg) Rs 650-1,050. (PTI)