date:Sep 11, 2019
As the Indian festive season nears, walnut traders are buying more of the dry fruit from the US and Chile to tide over the delay in arrivals from the Kashmir valley. Over 90% of the country's walnut production comes from Kashmir. According to traders, the average price of walnut kernel in the wholesale market of Jammu mandi has increased by 35% in the last one month due to the uncertainty over arrivals.
Harvest of the dry fruit, which begins from end of August, has been delayed by a fortnight,