Only 2,100 bags of turmeric arrived for sale on Monday but prices decreased. “After four days of closure in turmeric markets, everyone expected arrival in large numbers. Only in the first week of February will it arrive,” said RKV Ravishankar, President, Erode Turmeric Merchants Association.

Price of finger turmeric decreased ₹700 a quintal in the Erode Turmeric Merchants Association sales yard and ₹300 a quintal in the Regulated Market Committee, and by ₹300 a quintal in Erode Cooperative Marketing Committee.

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