New Delhi, 29 July (NNS): The prices of turmeric erode gatha asitis declined by Rs 300 to Rs 16500 per quintal due to the weak buying from the stockists even after the feeble prices. Recently, the prices have gone down by Rs 200 per quintal. There were around 1800n bags of turmeric reported to arrive in Erode and the prices held stable at the same level of the previous day. The active contract descended by Rs 90 or 0.57 percent to Rs 15630 per quintal owing to the feeble speculative buying, due to this, the market sentiments may affect. There is no possibility of more downtrend in the prices during the near future.