Mumbai. The tur (pigeon pea) market continued to decline during the current week. However, some improvement was observed towards the end of the week. Heavy rains have been lashing major turvar (pigeon pea) producing regions of Karnataka and Maharashtra for the past two days, causing waterlogging in fields, which is likely to cause serious damage to the turvar crop. This potential damage to the crop has led to a slowdown in selling by stockists in the market. This lull in selling prices stabilized, and turvar prices recorded a slight increase over the weekend. Due to increased selling pressure from importers, Mumbai African Tur prices declined by Rs 50/75 per quintal this week, closing the week at Rs 5250/5300 for Mozambique White, Rs 5050/5100 for Gajari, Rs 5050/5100 for Mtwara, Rs 4950/5000 for Malawi, Rs 4800 for Sudan and Rs 6100 per quintal for Sudan. Similarly, Chennai Tur Lemon prices declined by Rs 50 per quintal this week, closing the week at Rs 5950/6000 per quintal.

Due to weakening export demand, Burma Tur prices declined by $27 per tonne this week, closing the week at $653 per tonne. Due to sluggish demand, African Tuvar prices witnessed a decline of $10/15 per tonne this week and with this decline, the prices at the weekend stood at $555 for Mozambique White, $515 for Mtwara, $560 for Arusha and $535 for Gajri.

Due to sluggish demand and the impact of port prices, Delhi Tuvar Lemon witnessed a decline of Rs 25 per quintal and Desi Tuvar also witnessed a decline of Rs 50 per quintal during the current week and with this decline, the prices at the weekend stood at Rs 6375/6400 for Lemon and Rs 6525/6625 per quintal for Desi.

Due to increased selling pressure and lack of demand, Maharashtra Tur prices declined by Rs. 100 per quintal during the current week, and with this decline, the prices at the weekend stood at Rs. 6000/6700 for Solapur, Rs. 6550/6700 for Akola, Rs. 6550/6700 for Latur, Rs. 6500 for Nagpur, Rs. 6550/6575 for Hinganghat and Rs. 5800/6350 per quintal.

Due to continued sluggish buying, Karnataka Tur prices declined by Rs. 100/200 per quintal during the current week, and with this decline, the prices at the weekend stood at Rs. 6000/6800 for Gulbarga, Rs. 6159/6520 for Raichur, Rs. 6476/6821 for Bidar, Rs. 4651/6219 for Yadgir and Rs. 5157/6301 per quintal for Talikota.

Due to improved demand, Madhya Pradesh Tur prices improved by Rs. 100 per quintal this week, bringing the weekend prices to Rs. 6500/6800 for Katni, Rs. 5700/5950 for Jabalpur, Rs. 5000/6250 for Pipariya and Rs. 5000/6250 for Pipariya.

Due to widespread declines and weak buying, Kanpur Tur prices declined by Rs. 150 per quintal this week, reaching Rs. 5900 per quintal at the weekend. Similarly, Raipur Tur prices declined by Rs. 150 per quintal this week, reaching Rs. 6550/6750 per quintal at the weekend.

Due to the fall in the price of Tuvar and slow buying, the prices of Tuvar Dal declined by Rs 100/200 per quintal during the current week and with this decline, the prices at the weekend stood at Delhi Fatka Rs 9200/9700, Katni Fatka Rs 8700/9100, Akola Rs 8800/10000, Latur Fatka Rs 9800/10000, Gulbarga Fatka Rs 9300/10000 and Kanpur Fatka Rs 9200/9300 per quintal.