Wholesale price of good quality maize in Bihar’s Purnea, a key market, rose 5-10 rupees 1,320 rupees per 100 kg. Good demand from starch and poultry industry along with less availability of good-quality crop in the wholesale markets supported prices. Stocks of good quality maize in Bihar the largest producer of maize in the rabi season are dwindling, because most was exported to Bangladesh in Apr-May.