Chennai. Urad prices declined during the current week due to increased selling pressure and continued lack of demand. New urad arrivals have begun in Chandausi and Saharanpur districts of Uttar Pradesh. Increased availability of urad at ports and producer markets, combined with sluggish demand, has put pressure on urad prices. Increased supply and slow demand are expected to further reduce urad prices in the near future.

India has traditionally imported urad from Myanmar, but imports from Brazil increased sharply to 1.98 lakh tonnes between January and October 2025, representing a two-and-a-half-fold increase from 76,000 tonnes in the same period last year. According to data, urad imports from Brazil pick up pace from July, with the highest shipments occurring in September and October. This year, 40,494 tonnes of urad was imported in July, 30,325 tonnes in August, 39,960 tonnes in September and 53,779 tonnes in October. Experts say that due to India's large market and damage to Kharif crops, imports of urad from Brazil are likely to continue on a large scale.

Due to increased selling pressure from importers and sluggish demand, Chennai urad prices declined by Rs 50/75 per quintal this week, bringing the FAQ price to Rs 6725 and SQ urad to Rs 7375 per quintal. Similarly, Mumbai urad prices declined by Rs 25 per quintal this week, bringing the price to Rs 6825 per quintal at the weekend.

Due to increased selling by exporters and sluggish export demand, Burma urad prices declined by $5 per tonne for FAQ and $5 per tonne for SQ during the current week, bringing the prices to $740 per tonne for FAQ and $815 per tonne for SQ.

Due to the impact of port shortages and weak buying by dal millers, urad prices in Delhi declined by Rs 75 per quintal this week, bringing the prices to Rs 7025 per quintal for FAQ and Rs 7725 per quintal for SQ at the end of the week.

Due to sluggish buying and selling, Madhya Pradesh urad prices declined by Rs 50/100 per quintal during the current week, closing at Rs 5000/7000 in Jabalpur, Rs 3101/6200 in Kareli, Rs 4000/5800 in Ganjbasoda, and Rs 6500/7000 per quintal in Indore.

Due to weak demand from stockists and dal millers, Maharashtra urad prices declined by Rs 100/200 per quintal during the week, closing at Rs 7200 in Akola, Rs 4000/6200 in Latur, Rs 6400/6800 in Jalgaon, Rs 3000/6800 in Barshi, Rs 4000/7300 in Solapur, and Rs 4000/6000 per quintal in Ahmednagar.

Due to weak buying, urad prices in Krishna District and Vijayawada declined by ₹50 per quintal this week, closing the week at ₹7,200 per quintal in Krishna District and ₹7,200 per quintal in Vijayawada. Similarly, Kota urad prices also declined by ₹50 per quintal this week, closing the week at ₹4,000/₹6,300 per quintal.

Due to weak demand, urad prices declined by ₹50/₹100 per quintal this week, closing the week at ₹9,050/₹10,800 in Delhi, ₹8,700/₹9,100 in Bhatapara, ₹9,350 in Jalgaon, ₹7,600/₹8,500 in Meerut, and ₹9,000/₹12,000 per quintal in Indore.