Heavy demand was witnessed for new turmeric at Erode markets. “On Monday, 2,500 bags of turmeric arrived for sale of which 400 bags were of the new Mysore Finger variety. But the new turmeric fetched ₹9,600-9,800 a quintal. The old turmeric was sold at ₹9,200-9,600. Sixty per cent of the arrivals was sold,” said RKV Ravishankar, President, Erode Turmeric Merchants Association. At the Erode Turmeric Merchants Association, the new finger turmeric was sold at ₹9,156-9,889 a quintal; the root variety ₹8,456-9,056.

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