Turmeric up as truckers’ stir ends

As the truckers’ strike ended, arrivals of turmeric to the markets at Erode increased. On Wednesday, 3,000 bags of the spice were offered for sale and 70 per cent of them were were sold. On the price front, finger turmeric increased by ₹300 a quintal at the Regulated Marketing Committee and ₹100 each in the Erode Cooperative Marketing Society and Erode Turmeric Merchants Association sales yard. Similarly, root variety gained ₹150 in all the markets. At the Regulated Marketing Committee, the finger turmeric was sold at ₹6,850-8,211 a quintal and the root variety at ₹6,505-7,589. Of the 415 bags offered, 297 were sold.