Select spices fall on sluggish demand
Mumbai, Feb 15 (PTI) Copra Kozhikode prices slippedfurther at the spices market here today owing to reducedbuying from stockists and retailers.
Elsewhere, black pepper also moved down on lower domesticas well as export demand amidst higher arrivals.
Copra office Kozhikode lost by Rs 50 per quintal toRs 6,900 from Monday''s closing level of Rs 6,950 and blackpepper declined by Rs 5 per kg to Rs 253/270 as compared toRs 258/270 yesterday.
Following are today''s closing rates in Rs, with theprevious rates in brackets:
Black pepper (per kg) 258/270 (253/270), ginger bleached(per kg) 160 (160), ginger unbleached (per kg) 190 (190),copra office Alapuzha (per quintal) 7,050 (7,050), copraoffice Kozhikode (per quintal) 6,900 (6,950), copra RajapurMumbai (per quintal) 8,500 (8,500) and copra edible Mumbai(per quintal) 8,000 (8,000).