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Informist, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI – Prices of chana and urad were steady, while prices of tur showed mixed trends in key spot markets across the country, traders said. Prices of chana were steady due to subdued trading activity, they said. Prices of tur rose in some markets, while they were unchanged in others due to steady need-based demand, they said. Prices of urad were steady amid lack of cues, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Akola, Maharashtra, were steady at INR 5,825-INR 5,850 per 100 kg, said Ankit Kedia, a local trader. Prices are steady as low arrivals of the legume are in tandem with low demand, he said. "There is hardly any business going on in domestic chana... whatever buying and selling is happening currently is only in imported goods," he said. 

 

A vessel carrying 38,506.120 tonnes of chana from Australia is scheduled to arrive at the Kandla port on Thursday, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association. This will be the first of many such shipments of Australian chana Nov-Dec. Such shipments are cheaper than the domestic variety.

 

Even with the expected import of chana, prices of the domestic variety are unlikely to fall, Kedia said. "Prices have already fallen previously, so prices could remain range-bound in the near term," he said. 

 

Prices of chana in Delhi were steady at INR 5,825-INR 5,850 per 100 kg, traders said. 

 

TUR prices in Akola were steady at INR 7,075-INR 7,100 per 100 kg, Kedia said. Prices are unchanged due to steady need-based demand from millers, he said. Prices have been fluctuating by INR 50-INR 100 per 100 kg based on demand from millers, he said. Prices have also been fluctuating, tracking the movement in rates of imported tur, he said. 

 

Prices are likely to remain range-bound in the near term or till arrivals of the new kharif crop begin, Kedia said. In Maharashtra, the kharif tur crop is likely to arrive in markets only after December, which is slightly later than usual, he said. "Usually, new tur arrivals hit the market by December-end," he said. The delay is possibly due to excessive rainfall in the southwest monsoon season and post-monsoon showers, which delayed growth of the crop, he said.

 

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, rose by INR 50 from Tuesday to INR 7,100-INR 7,200 per 100 kg, according to the association.

 

URAD prices in Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh, were steady at INR 6,850 per 100 kg, traders said. Prices in Jaipur, Rajasthan, were also steady at INR 6,400-7,200 per 100 kg. Prices were steady due to lack of cues, traders said. 

 

Urad output in the 2025 kharif season could drop to 900,000 tonnes to 1.2 million tonnes, down from 1.3 million tonnes a year ago, analysts said. Incessant rainfall in Bundelkhand, one of the key producers of the legume in the country, has hurt urad output this year, said Satish Upadhyay, secretary of the India Pulses and Grains Association. In Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, which is another key urad producing region, around 50% of the crop was damaged by heavy rainfall. However, the Chandausi region in the same state is likely to see good urad output, he said.  End

 

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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