Spices maintained its steady trend in an otherwise listless spices market today in absence of any large-scale buying activity...

Spices maintained its steady trend in an otherwise listless spices market today in absence of any large-scale buying activity. Following are today's closing rates (in Rs with previous rates in brackets): 

Black pepper

Black pepper (per kg) 370/430 (370/430), ginger unbleached (per kg) 160 (160), copra office Alappuzha (per quintal) 12,500 (12,500), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 12,400 (12,400), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 21,000 (21,000), copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 16,000 (16,000).