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Informist, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI – Prices of chana were steady while prices of tur fell and urad prices showed a mixed trend in key spot markets across the country, traders said. Prices of chana were unchanged as low demand for the legume was on a par with low supply, they said. Prices of tur corrected after a steep rise owing to lower-than-expected arrivals of the new crop, they said. Prices of urad were steady in some markets while they rose in others due to a rise in demand and low arrivals, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Akola, Maharashtra, were steady at INR 5,525-INR 5,550 per 100 kg, said Ankit Kedia, a local trader. Prices are unchanged as domestic demand and arrivals of the legume are both low and matched, he said. Currently, markets are receiving only small batches of older stocks of domestic chana, he said. Most of these stocks, which have been stored away for months to a year, have been attacked by pests and are lower in quality, he said. The lower-quality domestic chana is being bought only by those who want to process the legume into besan, he said.

 

As such, "most of the business is happening in the import market", Kedia said. Traders and millers are purchasing imported chana from Australia, which is cheaper and of better quality than the domestic variety, to fulfil their need-based demand, he said. Prices of chana in Delhi were steady at INR 5,600-INR 5,625 per 100 kg, traders said.

 

TUR prices in Akola fell INR 50 from Monday to INR 7,150-INR 7,175 per 100 kg, Kedia said. Prices corrected after a steep rise in the past few days amid lower-than-expected arrivals of the new kharif crop in Karnataka, he said. Prices are unlikely to fall further as the market is likely to continue stocking up on new tur arrivals, he said. However, a further rise in prices is also unlikely as the ongoing imports of cheaper tur from African countries and Myanmar is keeping supply comfortable, he said.

 

While arrivals of the new tur crop have begun in Karnataka, they are yet to commence in Maharashtra, Kedia said. In the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, which is one of the key tur-producing parts of the state, output is likely to rise 25% on year and the quality of the crop is reported to be good, he said. This is likely to make up for lower production in other key regions of the state such as Latur and Hingoli in Marathwada, where the standing crop was damaged in September and October due to excessive rainfall, he said. Maharashtra and Karnataka are the country's top tur producers.

 

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, fell INR 100 from the previous day to INR 7,300-INR 7,400 per 100 kg, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association.

 

URAD prices at Chandausi in Uttar Pradesh rose INR 50 from Monday to INR 6,750 per 100 kg, traders said. Urad prices were steady in Jaipur, Rajasthan, at INR 6,600-INR 7,500 per 100 kg. Prices rose in some markets due to a slight rise in demand amid low arrivals, traders said.

 

Urad prices are expected to remain range-bound with a slight upward bias, the association said in its weekly report Monday. Myanmar still holds 150,000–200,000 tonnes of old stock while the new crop in India is likely to begin arriving by mid-February, it said. With India's rabi crop only likely to start coming to the markets by Feb-Mar, the market will have to depend upon the shipments of old urad stock from Myanmar and leftover domestic kharif stocks.  End

 

Edited by Rajeev Pai

 

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