Coconut Products – Prices on 12.03.2012

1. FRESH COCONUT (Industry use)
(a) CDA– Colombo Auction held on 08.03.2012
(Farm-gate unhusked Price Rs. 1,000 Nuts)
Highest		24,010 T
Average		22,106 T
Lowest		20,000 T
Nuts Offered	1,395,486 
Nuts Traded	644,943
Next Auction on 15.03.2012 at 10.00 a.m. at CDA Marketing Division Office, 11, Duke Street, Colombo 1.

(b) CDA – Kuliyapitiya Auction – (28.02.2012)
(Farm-gate Price Rs. 1,000 Nuts)
Highest – unhusked	26,000 T
Average		23,290 T
Lowest – husked	22,000 T
Nuts Offered	71,500
Nuts Traded	59,500
Next Auction on 13/03/2012 at 10.00 a.m at Sirimedura, Kuliyapitiya.
(e) Locally Traded (Wholesale)
	Rs. 1000 Nuts	Rs/Mt (Husked Ex-Mill)
	(Farm-gate unhusked)
Kurunegala Dist.	22,000		33,000-34,000
Puttalam Dist.	20,000-22,000	30,000-34,000
Gampaha Dist.	21,000-23,000	32,000-35,000
Hambanthota Dist.	19,000-20,000	30,000-31,000

2. COPRA – (Locally Traded)		(02.03.2012)
Copra Edible		(Rs. 250 Kg)	-
M.S. No.1 Copra		(Rs. 250 Kg)	-
M.S. No.2 Copra		(Rs. 250 Kg)	-
MO – (Milling Ordinary) Copra	(Rs. 250 Kg)	28,000-29,500

COPRA – (At Colombo Auction)		(1.03.2012)
Quantity of Copra Offered	(Kgs)		13,155
Quantity of Copra Sold	(Kgs)		13,155
M.S. No. 1 Copra	
Highest Price		(Rs. 250 Kg)	29,500
Simple avg. price		(Rs. 250 Kg)	29,173
M.S. No. 2 and 3 Copra	
Simple avg. price		(Rs. 250 Kg)	27,830
Next Auction on 15.03.2012 at 11.30 a.m. at CDA Marketing Division Office, 11, Duke Street, Colombo1.

3. DESICCATED COCONUT 
Fine (Sri Lanka)		(Rs/Kg)		168-170 N
Medium (Sri Lanka)		(Rs/Kg)		168-170 N
Phillippines FOB (APCC)	27.02.2012(Rs/Kg)	312.96 
Indonesia FOB (APCC) 	27.02.2012(Rs/Kg)	201.07

4. COCONUT OIL 
Local Wholesale Price		(Rs/Mt)		200,000 – 205,000 T
Philippines (CIF-Rott)
(Oil World) (8/03/2012)	(Rs/Mt)		164,429

5. POONAC		(Rs/Mt)		26,000-30,000 T

6. MATTRESS FIBRE
Fair Average Quality (FAQ)	(Rs. 50 Kg)	900 T
Superior			(Rs. 50 Kg)	1,250 T

7. OMAT FIBRE (FAQ)		(Rs. 50 Kg)	2,100-2,600 T

8. MIX FIBRE		(Rs. 50 Kg)	1,250-1,550 T

9. BRISTLE FIBRE 1 TIE	(Rs. 50 Kg)	2,250-3,250 T

10. BRISTLE FIBRE 2 TIE	(Rs. 50 Kg)	3,250-4,250 T

11. COCONUT HUSKS		(1/03/2012)
District			Rs/per 1,000 husks 
Puttalam			3,250 
Gampaha			– 
Matara			2,250
Kurunegala		3,500
Jaffna			-

12. COCONUT SHELL		(Rs./MT)		14,000-16,000 T

13. COCONUT SHELL CHARCOAL(Rs/MT)		43,000 T

14. COCONUT EKELS		(Rs/MT)		26,000–30,100 T

T – Traded             N- Nominal

Courtesy: Coconut Development Authority