Only poor quality turmeric is arriving for sale at Erode.
Regarding the price of the turmeric, some bags of finger turmeric was sold for increased price of ₹200 a quintal at the Erode Turmeric Merchants Association sales yard, but it was decreased by ₹350 a quintal and ₹300 a quintal of root turmeric at the Regulated Marketing Committee. At the Erode Turmeric Merchants Association Sales yard, the finger turmeric was sold at ₹5,669-7,809 a quintal. The root variety was sold at ₹5,251-6,465 a quintal. Out of 1,605 bags of turmeric placed for sale, 478 bags were sold. At the Regulated Marketing Committee, the finger turmeric was sold at ₹5,608-6,614 a quintal, the root variety was sold at ₹5,354-6,195 a quintal. Of the 564 bags of turmeric kept for sale, 338 bags were sold.