Spot pepper prices continued to rule steady on Thursday on limited activities. Good day-trading of about 40 tonnes was reported on the IPSTA platform, while no activities were reported from the national exchange. On the spot, 17 tonnes arrived and they were all traded. Much of the material was reprocessed one and was traded at ₹725, 730 and 735 a kg. Arrivals did not increase as expected even after the growing areas received good sunshine yesterday, market sources told Business Line . Spot prices remained unchanged at ₹71,500 for ungarbled and ₹74,500 for garbled a quintal. Export prices were at $12,900 (c&f) for Europe and $13,150 a tonne (c&f) for the US. GK Nair

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