Why do you not publish a wholesale rate list?

Because it would be wrong within days and misleading on the day it was published. A list without a named grade and size band tells a buyer nothing useful, and raisin rates move week to week with lot cost, drawdown and season. We would rather quote properly than post a number.

Is freight included in your raisins wholesale price?

No. Everything is quoted ex-Tasgaon and freight is a separate line, because it depends on destination, quantity and whether the consignment moves by courier, part load or full load. Tell us your city and whether you collect from a godown, and we will quote both together.

What is the raisins wholesale price in Nashik or Delhi?

Nashik is a producing district, so a rate there and a rate ex-Tasgaon differ mainly by lot and grade rather than by geography. Delhi is a consuming market and its wholesale rate has already carried at least one extra hand, plus freight and local storage. Buying direct removes a layer but adds transit time.

How long is a wholesale quote valid?

Forty eight hours from the time we send it. After that we requote, because the underlying lot cost has usually shifted. On a committed monthly volume we can sometimes fix a rate for a defined period instead, which suits buyers consuming the same grade every month.

What is the minimum quantity to get wholesale rates?

15kg in a single grade. Below that the freight generally costs more than the saving, so sealed retail packs are the better buy. Above a few quintals per despatch the rate improves, and a stated monthly offtake helps more than one large one off order.

Do bulk rates include GST and an invoice?

Every dispatch carries a GST invoice showing HSN, variety, grade, quantity, rate and packing, with freight shown separately where we arrange it. Tell us at quotation stage if your accounts team needs a particular goods description and we will keep it stable across dispatches.

Kismis Wholesale Price: Current Bulk Raisin Rates by Grade

Sorting bench where bulk raisin lots are graded before packing

The short version

•A rate means nothing without a grade attached to it. Grade moves the number more than variety does.•Everything we quote is ex-Tasgaon. Your landed cost is the rate plus freight, and freight depends on quantity and mode.•Quotes hold for 48 hours. Past that we requote, because the market underneath has usually moved.•Minimum bulk order is 15kg. Below that, sealed retail packs are the cheaper buy.•The cheapest lot in any week is usually the wettest one. You are paying for water and it will clump by August.

What a wholesale kismis price actually refers to

A rate on its own is not information. Ask three suppliers for the price of green raisins and you will get three different answers, all of them honest, all of them describing different material. One is quoting premium select at 18-22 mm. One is quoting grade B. One is quoting whatever moved cheapest that week and calling it green.

So we quote in a fixed shape and leave nothing to be argued about after dispatch. Seven lines. If a quotation you have received elsewhere is missing three of them, what you are holding is a number, not an offer.

This applies just as much when you are buying through the bulk supply desk for the first time as it does on a repeat order. The first quote sets the reference the next twelve months get compared against, so it is worth being precise about it.

The seven lines on every quotation we send

Line on the quoteWhat we stateWhy it matters

VarietyBlack, green or goldenThree products, three separate rate ladders

GradeNamed grade with its size band, e.g. green premium select 18-22 mmThe single biggest driver of the rate

QuantityKilos per despatch and expected monthly offtakeThe rate improves above a few quintals

Packing5, 10, 20 or 25 kg carton, food grade linerSmaller cartons cost more per kilo to fill

BasisEx-Tasgaon, freight extraLanded cost is rate plus freight, never one number

Validity48 hours from the time it is sentAn old quote is a memory, not a rate

DispatchWorking days from confirmationLead times stretch in the festive months

How the day's number gets built

The rate is not a markup applied to a printed list. It is built up from what the lot actually cost us and what it costs to turn that lot into the carton that reaches your godown. Buyers who understand the build stop treating a quote as an opening position and start negotiating on the parts that are genuinely negotiable, which are quantity and packing.

01Lot cost on the day it was boughtWhat we paid for the lot at the yard or from a cold storage. A lot bought in March and a lot bought in October are not the same money, even when they are the same grade.

02CarryingCold storage rent for the months it has been held, insurance, handling in and out, and the small weight loss that comes with all of it. Every month a lot sits, it costs something.

03Sorting yieldA hundred kilos of unsorted lot does not give a hundred kilos of grade A. Destemming, sizing and colour sorting all take material out. Whatever is removed is carried by the grade that survives, which is why premium bands sit where they do.

04Packing and markingCarton, food grade liner, packing labour, batch marking and the pallet it stands on. This is the part that changes if you move between carton formats.

05The week's replacement costIf we would have to pay more this week to replace that lot, the quote reflects that rather than what we paid in March. This is standard practice across the trade and it is the honest reason a rate can move without anything visible changing.

Grade drives the rate more than variety does

Within one variety, the distance between the top grade and the commercial grade is usually wider than the distance between two varieties at the same level. Buyers who have only ever compared black against green find that backwards. It is the most reliable thing about raisin pricing.

The ladder below is relative position, not rupees. Use it to work out roughly where your requirement sits before you ask for a number, and read the full grade ladder for the size and colour bands behind each step.

If a supplier will not put the size band and colour description next to the rate, you are not comparing like with like. Ask for it in writing before you compare anything.

Relative position in our rate ladder. Actual rates are quoted on the day of enquiry.

Variety and gradePosition in the ladderWho usually buys at that level

Golden jumbo, 16-20 mmDearest line we quoteBakeries, hamper and gift packers

Green premium select, 18-22 mmJust below golden jumboRetail repackers, gifting lines

Golden grade A, 13-16 mmUpper middleDaily bakery production

Green grade A, 15-18 mmMiddleBulk retail, kitchens, caterers

Black grade A, 12-16 mmLower middleRetail packing, snacking lines

Green grade B, 12-15 mmValue bandSweet units, food processing

Black grade B and commercialCheapest line we quoteNamkeen, halwa, processing

What the rate includes and what it does not

Every kismis wholesale price we send is ex-Tasgaon. That means the goods are priced sitting in our godown, sorted, packed, batch marked and ready to load. Everything after the loading is a separate line.

Buyers who are new to bulk sometimes assume a per kilo rate is a delivered rate and then find their margin has gone somewhere between here and their city. Budget the freight at enquiry stage, not after the first consignment.

•Included: sorted and graded material, food grade liner, carton, batch marking, GST invoice•Included: a grade sheet with the consignment when you ask for one•Not included: freight, which is quoted separately by destination, quantity and mode•Not included: door delivery on transport consignments unless you ask for it•Not included: custom or private label cartons, which are priced per run

Validity, minimum order, payment and documents

These are the standing terms behind every quotation. They do not change with the season, which is the point of writing them down.

TermOur position

Minimum order15kg, any single grade

Quote validity48 hours from the time we send it, then we requote

Rate basisEx-Tasgaon, Sangli district, Maharashtra

FreightQuoted separately, by destination, quantity and mode

Sample250g of the exact grade with a grade sheet, at cost plus courier, adjusted against your first order

Packing5, 10, 20 and 25 kg cartons, food grade liner, batch marked

InvoiceGST invoice on every dispatch, HSN 0806 20

PaymentAgreed at the time of quotation; first orders are normally on advance

Why 48 hours and not a week

Because a week is long enough for the underlying lot cost to move, and we would rather requote than quietly deliver something short of what you agreed. Forty eight hours is enough time for a buyer to price his own counter and come back.

If you need a rate held longer, say so at enquiry. On a committed volume we can sometimes fix a price for a defined period, which is a different conversation from a spot quote and is usually the better structure for anyone consuming the same grade every month.

Specification before rate

Buyers running a tender or a formal supplier comparison should send the specification first and ask everyone to quote against it. That inverts the usual sequence and removes almost all of the ambiguity. Our standard format, including moisture and defect tolerances, is on buyer quality specifications.

Wholesale rates for Nashik, Delhi and other markets

Two different questions hide behind a search for a raisins wholesale price in Nashik or in Delhi, and they deserve two different answers.

Nashik is a producing district. It grows grapes and it dries raisins, so a buyer there is comparing one yard against another rather than comparing origin against a consuming market. The honest answer is that the difference between a Nashik lot and a Tasgaon lot of the same grade in the same week is small, and it is driven by the lot rather than by the district. What you should compare is the material, not the postcode. More on how the belt works is on the Sangli belt.

Delhi is a consuming market. The rate quoted in the wholesale dry fruit trade there has already passed through at least one more hand than an ex-Tasgaon rate, and it carries that hand's freight, storage and margin. Buying direct from the belt removes a layer, adds four to seven days of transit, and only makes sense above a certain volume. Below about a quintal a month, most Delhi buyers are better off with a local supplier and we will say so.

For South India the arithmetic is different again, because the route is longer and freight is a larger share of landed cost. We publish route specifics separately, for instance transit and freight to Chennai.

How to think about a city rate

Market typeExampleWhat the local rate contains

Producing beltSangli, Tasgaon, NashikLot cost, sorting, packing. Closest to the source rate.

Regional distributionPune, Mumbai, BengaluruBelt rate plus freight plus one trading margin

Large consuming mandiDelhi, KolkataBelt rate plus freight plus one or two margins plus local storage

Direct from usAnywhereEx-Tasgaon rate plus your freight. Fewer hands, longer transit.

Retail pack prices are not bulk rates

Our sealed pouches sit at ₹229, ₹429 and ₹799 for black in 250g, 500g and 1kg, ₹249, ₹449 and ₹849 for green, and ₹289, ₹539 and ₹999 for golden. Those numbers cover retail packing, sealing, handling and delivery to a household. They are not a guide to what a quintal costs, and anyone using them to estimate a bulk rate will get it badly wrong in both directions.

The full pack and price per kilo comparison lives on our retail pack prices. If your requirement is under 15kg, buy there instead. It will be cheaper than the freight on a bulk consignment.

Comparing two quotes without getting caught

Most of the bad buys we hear about were not caused by a dishonest supplier. They were caused by two quotes being compared as though they described the same thing. Work down this list before you decide.

•Is the grade named, with a size band, on both quotes?•Is the rate basis stated? Ex-godown, delivered, or something vague•Is freight quoted, and to your address or to a transport godown?•Is the moisture stated? A wetter lot weighs more for the same fruit•Is the packing format the same on both, and is the carton weight net or gross?•How long is each quote valid, and what happens after that•Is there a sample, and does the sample carry a written grade sheet?

What actually goes wrong on a bulk order

The moisture trap catches more first time buyers than anything else. The cheapest quote in any given week is very often the wettest lot in the market. You pay for water at the raisin rate, the cartons clump in your godown through August, and by the time you use it the texture has moved. It looks like a saving on the invoice and it is not one.

Second is the verbal grade. Someone agrees green grade A on a phone call, the consignment arrives sitting closer to grade B, and there is nothing written down to argue from. Get the size band on the purchase order.

Third is timing. A sweet unit that waits until the first week of October to fix its festive requirement is buying at the worst point of the year and knows it. The reasoning behind that is set out in why the market moves through the year.

Fourth, and this one is on both sides, is the quantity mismatch. A rate quoted for five quintals a month is not the rate for a one off 15kg trial, and a buyer who quotes the trial rate back to us six months later on a larger order is comparing two different commercial positions.

How to get today's rate

Four things get you a firm number, usually within a few hours during working days.

01Variety and gradeName both if you know them. If you do not, tell us the product you are making and the finished look you need, and we will suggest a grade rather than push you to the dearest one.

02QuantityKilos in this consignment and roughly what you expect to take per month. Monthly offtake matters more to the rate than a single large order does.

03DestinationCity, and whether you will collect from a transport godown or need door delivery. Freight changes materially between the two.

04Sample, if this is a first orderAsk for 250g of the exact grade with a grade sheet. It goes out within two working days, charged at cost plus courier, and is adjusted against your first bulk order.

Rates move with the market, so we quote on the day of enquiry and hold that rate for 48 hours. Minimum order is 15kg, ex-Tasgaon, freight separate.

Frequently asked

There is no single figure. The rate depends on variety, grade, quantity and the week you buy in, and grade alone can move it further than variety does. We quote the day's number for the exact grade you need, ex-Tasgaon, and hold it for 48 hours. Minimum order is 15kg.

Wholesale kismis and raisin price