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Prices of aromatic rice varieties ruled firm, while fresh buying by the neighbouring States kept non-basmati and brokens rice unchanged this week.
Praveen Kumar, a rice miller, told Business Line that demand for brokens from the Uttar Pradesh and the Sela rice from Rajasthan kept non-basmati and brokens firm.
On the exports front, overseas demand especially from Iran may help India to export about 3.8 tonnes of aromatic rice in 2013-14, while 7.5 tonnes non-basmati rice are also likely to be exported.
In the physical market, Pusa-1121 (steam) sold at Rs 8,000 a quintal, while Pusa-1121 (sela) quoted at Rs 7,650-7,700.
Pure basmati (raw) was Rs 8,650. Duplicate basmati (steam) sold at Rs 6,550.
For the brokens of Pusa-1121, Dubar quoted at Rs 3,600, Tibar sold at Rs 4,250 while Mongra was at Rs 2,900.
In the non-basmati section, Sharbati (Steam) sold at Rs 4,500-4,600 while Sharbati (Sela) quoted at Rs 4,300.
Permal (raw) sold at Rs 2,300-2,350 while Permal (sela) went for Rs 2,300 . PR-11 (sela) sold at Rs 2,900 while PR-11 (Raw) quoted at Rs 2,750 . PR14 (steam) sold at Rs 3,100 a quintal.
Paddy arrivals
Around 5,000 bags of different paddy varieties arrived from the Uttar Pradesh. About 500 bags of Pusa-1121 arrived and quoted at Rs 3,250 . Around 4.500 bags of PR arrived and quoted at Rs 1,220 a quintal.
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