Chennai. During the current week, a downward trend has been observed in the prices of urad. Due to increasing selling pressure and weak demand in the market, a slowdown was seen on urad. Sporadic arrivals of new urad have started in the producing markets of Maharashtra and Karnataka. In view of the new arrivals, stockists and importers have intensified selling, which has created additional pressure on prices. Along with this, a decrease in sowing of urad has also been recorded in the Kharif season 2025. According to the data of the Department of Agriculture, the total area of ​​urad across the country has come down to 18.6 lakh hectares, whereas by this time last year this figure was 19.1 lakh hectares. That is, a decrease of 0.5 lakh hectares has been recorded in sowing. In case of no improvement in demand and increase in new arrivals, pressure on urad prices may continue in the future. Traders are now keeping an eye on the weather conditions and the upcoming arrivals. Due to increased selling pressure from importers and sluggish demand, Chennai Urad prices declined by Rs 200/275 per quintal this week. And with this decline, the price of FAQ remained at Rs 7025 and the price of SQ Urad remained at Rs 7475 per quintal. Similarly, Mumbai Urad prices declined by Rs 150 per quintal this week and with this decline, the price remained at Rs 7150 per quintal at the weekend.

Due to increased selling by exporters and weak buying, Burma Urad FAQ declined by $ 10 and SQ also declined by $ 10 per tonne during the current week and with this decline, the price of FAQ remained at $ 770 per tonne and SQ at $ 845 per tonne at the weekend.

Due to the impact of the port's fall and weak buying by the dal millers, the price of urad in Delhi declined by Rs. 125 per quintal this week. And with this fall, the price remained at Rs. 7400 per quintal for FAQ and Rs. 7900 per quintal for SQ at the end of the week.

Due to sluggish buying and selling, the price of Madhya Pradesh urad witnessed a rise and fall of Rs. 50/100 per quintal during the current week and with this rise and fall, the price remained at Rs. 5000/6950 in Jabalpur, Rs. 5500/6415 in Kareli, Rs. 3500/6000 in Ganjbasoda and Rs. 6500/7000 per quintal in Indore at the end of the week.

With the arrival of new urad in the producing markets, the buying of Maharashtra urad was good this week. Due to which, a rise of Rs 200/300 per quintal was recorded in the prices. And at the end of the week, the prices reached Rs 7250 in Akola, Rs 6000/7000 in Latur, Rs 6600/6700 in Jalgaon, Rs 4000/7100 in Barshi, Rs 7350/7675 in Solapur and Rs 5000/6000 per quintal in Ahmednagar.

Due to the impact of all-round decline and weak demand, the prices of urad in Krishna District and Vijayawada registered a decline of Rs 100/200 per quintal this week and at the end of the weekend, the prices remained at Rs 7170 in Krishna District and Rs 7170/7270 per quintal in Vijayawada. Similarly, Kota urad also fell by Rs 100 per quintal and remained at Rs 3500/6500 per quintal at the weekend.

Due to the fall in the price of Urad, the demand has weakened and the price of Urad Dal has fallen by Rs. 100 per quintal this week and the price at the end of the week was Rs. 8950/10550 in Delhi, Rs. 8900/9000 in Bhatapara, Rs. 9800/9900 in Jalgaon, Rs. 7400/8400 in Meerut and Rs. 9000/12000 per quintal in Indore.