Inter-State demand lifts pepper prices

The continuing need from inter-Point out consumers has lifted pepper charges by ₹1 a kg in Kochi on Friday.

Kishore Shamji of Kishor Spices claimed the need from Tamil Nadu is continuing and the materials from Karnataka are in total swing, primarily with the availability of pepper in additional quantities.

The market place appears to be steady and the charges are inching up on a daily foundation, he claimed.

Today’s offtake was 22 tonnes, of which twenty tonnes arrived from Wayanad and the remaining from the plains of Kerala.

Ungarbled varieties realised ₹314 a kg, while MG1 garbled varieties stood at ₹334.

New pepper was quoted at ₹304.