Pune vegetable prices for tomatoes, green chillies, cabbage, cauliflower and brinjal fell by about 10% at the Agricultural Produce Market Committee’s Gultekdi Market Yard after arrivals increased and demand remained comparatively lower, according to a report by Pudhari.
Between 90 and 100 trucks carrying farm produce reached the vegetable section of the market on Sunday. The higher supply did not result in a matching increase in demand, leading to a decline in prices for the five vegetables. Prices of most other vegetables remained broadly unchanged from the previous week.
The market also received both new and old onions, while the local pea season was reported to have ended. Arrivals from outside Maharashtra included two tempos of produce from Bengaluru, 20 to 22 tempos of green chillies from Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, and four to five tempos of cabbage and cluster beans from Karnataka.
The supply chain extended across several states. Carrots arrived from Indore, peas from Himachal Pradesh, drumsticks and Totapuri mangoes from Tamil Nadu, groundnuts from Gujarat and Karnataka, garlic from Madhya Pradesh, and potatoes from Indore, Agra and local areas. The potato arrival alone was reported at about 50 tempos.
Local supplies included 8,000 to 10,000 crates of tomatoes, 14 to 15 tempos of cauliflower, seven to eight tempos of cabbage, 10 to 12 tempos of capsicum, six to seven tempos each of okra and cucumber, and 100 to 125 tempos of new and old onions. Ginger arrivals from the Satara region were estimated at 400 to 450 sacks.
At the wholesale market, tomatoes were priced at Rs 80 to Rs 100 per 10 kg, green chillies at Rs 250 to Rs 350, cauliflower at Rs 50 to Rs 100, cabbage at Rs 50 to Rs 60, and brinjal at Rs 150 to Rs 300. Onions were priced at Rs 370 to Rs 430 per 10 kg, while potatoes were priced at Rs 100 to Rs 200. Garlic remained substantially higher at Rs 800 to Rs 2,500 per 10 kg.
The market’s leafy vegetable supply showed a different pattern. Around one lakh bundles of coriander and 70,000 bundles of fenugreek arrived on Sunday. Compared with the previous week, coriander arrivals fell by 25,000 bundles, while fenugreek arrivals increased by 20,000 bundles.
Water shortages and intense heat were affecting the grading of leafy vegetables, the report said. Better-quality produce was receiving higher prices. At the wholesale level, a bundle of leafy vegetables was selling for Rs 5 to Rs 15, while retail prices ranged from Rs 15 to Rs 30.
The reported wholesale rates provide a snapshot of supply conditions at Pune’s main market yard, where produce from local farming areas and multiple states enters the city’s distribution network. The next market arrivals and the balance between supply and demand will determine whether the price decline in selected vegetables continues.
