Mumbai. Demand in the lentil market remained limited during the current week, resulting in a mixed trend of ups and downs in prices. Lentil prices remained stable or fluctuated slightly amid slow buying by buyers and steady supply. Lentil production in Canada has been excellent this year, and harvesting has been completed and stocks have reached farmers. Despite this, lentil prices have remained stable or softened due to weak export demand. Large green lentils are selling for 27-28 cents, red lentils for 23.50 cents, and small lentils for 21-22 cents per pound. Beluga lentils are available for 40 cents per pound, but neither variety is seeing strong demand. India and other Asian importers are currently turning to Australia, where lentil production is expected to be around a record 1.7 million tons. Harvesting of the new crop has already begun, and pressure on offer prices is increasing, making competition for Canada tough. Lentil production in Russia has also been good. Due to all these reasons, Canadian producers are slowing down the sale of stocks. It is estimated that there will be no shortage of lentil supply in 2025-26.

Due to sluggish buying and selling, imported lentil prices remained unchanged during the current week, and at the weekend, prices remained stable at Rs. 5850 per quintal in Mundra, Rs. 5900/5925 in Hazira, Rs. 6050 per quintal in Container Canada and Rs. 6100 per quintal in Australia. Similarly, Kolkata lentil prices also remained stable this week, and prices remained stable at Rs. 6100 per quintal in Australia at the weekend.

Due to improved demand, the price of large lentils in Delhi increased by Rs. 125 per quintal this week, while there was no increase or decrease in small lentils, and the prices at the weekend were Rs. 8250/8300 for small Kota, Rs. 8550/8600 for Bundi, Rs. 8650/8700 for Uttar Pradesh, and Rs. 6750 for large Desi.

Due to sluggish demand, there was no increase or decrease in the prices of large lentils in Madhya Pradesh this week, and the prices at the weekend remained stable at Rs. 6000/6050 for Ashoknagar, Rs. 6000/6050 for Bina, Rs. 6000/6400 for Ganjbasoda, Rs. 6000/6300 for Sagar, Rs. 5800/6200 for Damoh, Rs. 600/6500 for Indore, Rs. 6050 for Kareli, Rs. 5500/6507 for Katni and Rs. 6700 per quintal.

Due to continued lack of demand, small lentil prices in Uttar Pradesh remained unchanged during the current week. With this fluctuation, prices remained at Bareilly small (₹8,800), thick (₹6,650), Lalitpur thick (₹5,800/6,000), small (₹7,800/8,000), and Orai (₹5,500/6,100) per quintal at the weekend.

Due to the widespread decline and weakening demand, Bihar lentil prices declined by ₹100 per quintal this week, with prices at Barh (₹7,300), Khusrupur (₹7,200), and Mokama (₹7,300) per quintal at the weekend. Similarly, Raipur lentil prices also declined by ₹50 per quintal this week, reaching ₹6,250 per quintal at the weekend.

Due to sluggish demand, the prices of Masoor Dal declined by Rs 100 per quintal during the current week and with this decline, the weekend prices stood at Rs 7300 in Indore, Rs 8200/8500 in Barh, Rs 8100/8400 in Khusrupur, Rs 8200/8500 in Mokama, Rs 8200/8500 in Chandausi, Rs 8500/9500 and Rs 7800 per quintal in Hyderabad.