Weekly Review-Lentils

29-Mar-2025 08:57 PM

Lentils soften due to limited demand

🌱 Weekly Review: Lentils (Masoor) 🌱

📍 Mumbai: Lentil prices softened this week due to higher selling pressure and increased arrivals in producing markets. Limited buying by dal millers and stockists kept prices under pressure.

📊 Market Highlights

📉 Lentil Price Trends

✔ Imported Lentils:

• 📉 No change in prices despite weak demand

• Mundra: ₹6000/quintal

• Hazira: ₹6100/quintal

• Container Canada: ₹6250/6300

• Australia: ₹6300/6350

• Kolkata: 📈 +₹25 (Canada ₹6125, Australia ₹6200)

✔ Delhi:

• 📉 Choti Kota: ₹6350 (-₹50/100)

• 📉 Bundi: ₹6625

• 📉 Uttar Pradesh: ₹6700

• 📉 Desi Badi: ₹6525

✔ Madhya Pradesh:

• 📈 Prices increased by ₹50/100 due to stockist and miller buying

• Ashoknagar: ₹6000/6100

• Bina: ₹5800/6150

• Sagar: ₹5700/6100

• Damoh: ₹5800/6350

• Indore: ₹6150/6200

• Kareli: ₹5470/6395

• Katni: ₹6550/6575

✔ Uttar Pradesh:

• 📉 Prices fell ₹25/50 due to slow buying

• Bareilly Chhoti: ₹6900

• Moti: ₹6500

• Kanpur: ₹6425

• Lalitpur Moti: ₹5800/5900

• Chhoti: ₹6100/6200

• Orai: ₹5500/5950

✔ Bihar:

• 📉 Prices fell ₹50 due to sluggish demand

• Barh: ₹6550

• Khusrupur: ₹6450

• Mokama: ₹6550

• Raipur: ₹6400 (-₹50)

🍛 Masoor Dal Price Trends

✔ Overall decline of ₹50/quintal due to weak buying

• Indore: ₹7500/7750

• Barh: ₹7550/7850

• Khusrupur: ₹7450/7750

🔮 Market Outlook

✔ Short-term: Limited demand and higher arrivals may keep prices under pressure.
✔ Mid-term: Stockist buying could support prices in some regions.
✔ Long-term: Global supply & trade policies (e.g., India's import tariffs) will influence market direction.