MONTHLY AUCTION SALES AND WT.AVG.PRICES OF CARDAMOM (SMALL) IN INDIA

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      MONTH

     KERALA

TAMILNADU

KARNATAKA

MAHARASTRA

    DELHI

  ALL INDIA

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1998-99
AUGUST 10 391.92 ---- ----- 13 274.57 ---- ----- --- --- 23 321.94
SEPTEMBER 116 425.18 132 411.20 35 309.79 ----- ----- ---- ---- 283 404.50
OCTOBER 203 464.53 227 455.07 40 353.29 10 533.20 --- ---- 480 452.40
NOVEMBER 270 674.85 319 638.53 60 510.55 13 690.39 1 632.12 663 642.51
DECEMBER 158 647.85 140 624.95 35 486.39 13 708.60 ---- ---- 346 628.74
JANUARY 95 604.71 110 601.98 30 474.11 3 643.38 ---- ----- 238 581.53
FEBRUARY 114 598.96 119 591.61 28 490.58 11 644.18 ----- ------ 272 584.37
MARCH 102 614.54 113 608.67 2 427.58 7 650.95 ----- ----- 224 611.17
APRIL 74 598.75 69 596.01 26 552.61 ----- ----- ----- ----- 169 590.51
MAY 162 615.76 133 631.86 20 529.79 ------ ------ ----- ------ 315 491.13
JUNE ----- ---- --- --- 18 495.13 ----- ----- ---- ---- 18 481.79
JULY ----- ----- ----- ----- 4 481.79 ----- ------ ----- ------ 4 617.14
TOTAL 1304 586.23 1362 572.26 311 452.49 57 649.93 1 632.12 3035 567.52
1999-2000
AUGUST 66 551.81 63 550.06 10 455.76 ----- ------ ------ ----- 139 544.37
SEPTEMBER 190 458.59 332 443.29 26 430.73 ----- ------ ----- ----- 548 441.96
OCTOBER 293 387.11 511 371.39 36 367.70 2 499.45 ----- ------ 842 374.07
NOVEMBER 352 372.37 501 363.33 49 358.45 13 461.14 ---- ----- 915 366.98
DECEMBER 251 366.47 555 360.31 34 313.20 13 397.44 ----- ------ 853 361.79
JANUARY 211 449.17 618 445.00 19 366.83 5 472.19 ----- ----- 853 493.47
FEBRUARY 268 594.47 675 587.40 51 445.14 ----- ----- ----- ----- 994 583.05
MARCH 152 654.29 533 649.35 13 383.95 ------ ------ ----- ------ 698 643.39
APRIL 140 714.40 529 703.37 27 564.69 ------ ------ ----- ------ 529 705.37
MAY 305 575.35 273 555.76 19 429.50 ---- ------ ------ ------ 597 562.80
JUNE ----- ------- 1 465.50 8 383.04 ---- ------ ------ ------ 9 394.25
TOTAL 2227 488.79 4424 492.84 293 404.89 33 441.18 ----- ----- 6978 489.61
JULY ----- ------- 2 383.00 10 374.90 ----- ------ ------ ----- 12 378.81
TOTAL 2228 488.79 4426 492.81 302 403.86 33 441.18 ----- ----- 6990 481.42
2000 -2001
AUGUST 138 558.93 150 550.19 12 445.92 13 572.98 ------ ----- 331 552.14
SEPTEMBER 256 604.33 283 597.49 26 529.31 26 644.56 ---- ------ 591 593.52
OCTOBER 278 534.20 292 531.64 43 443.64 10 626.98 ----- ------ 623 528.30.
NOVEMBER 333 534.92 359 519.38 45 422.84 9 626.57 ----- ----- 746 521.74
DECEMBER 372 556.69 370 536.48 20 427.87 9 627.60 ---- ----- 771 544.62
JANUARY 296 630.97 251 622.81 43 487.45 3 708.23 ------ ----- 593 617.35
FEBRUARY 167 637.46 143 632.07 20 521.80 3 678.55 ----- ----- 333 628.47
MARCH 204 621.36 115 612.63 9 438.30 3 658.24 ----- ----- 351 614.23
APRIL 203 589.72 113 581.57 25 522.23 --- ----- ----- ----- 341 582.06
MAY 423 575.54 169 581.26 13 545.42 1 586.42 ----- ----- 605 578.52
JUNE ----- ------- ------- ------ 12 508.40 2 514.30 ----- ----- 14 509.20
TOTAL 2670 580.05 2264 567.47 268 475.38 79 626.69 ----- ------ 5281 570.04

SOURCE : RECEIPTS RECEIVED FROM LICENSED AUCTIONEERS OF SMALL CARDAMOM.