Turmeric futures declined 8.40 % w-w owing to weak demand and improved arrivals at the other mandis. Spot Nizamabad mandi will reopen today (30th May 2011).
Turmeric stocks in the NCDEX warehouse are at 1354 MT as on 20th May 2011.
Production, Arrivals and Exports
Arrivals in Erode mandi stood at 8,000 bags on Friday lower by 2000 bags as compared to previous day.
Turmeric production in the year 2010-11 is estimated at 69 lakh bags (1 bag= 70 kgs) compared to 48 lakh bags during the previous year. According to Spices Board of India exports of Turmeric from India during April 2010- February 2011 stood at 42,500 tonnes as compared to 46,575 tonnes in 2009-10, a decline of 9%.
Outlook
Turmeric prices in the intraday will trade sideways to down due to lacklustre demand from local stockists.
Price trend in the short term (till mid of June) are likely to depend on the arrivals and demand from the overseas and domestic buyers.
In the medium to long term (June end onwards) turmeric prices will take cues from the turmeric stocks at the domestic market and onset of monsoon in the major growing regions.
Courtesy: Angel Commodities
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