New Delhi, 11 August (NNS): During the previous week, here, the prices of turmeric erode gatha asitis declined by Rs 300 to Rs 13100 per quintal owing to the weak buying from the stockists even after the feeble prices. Recently, the prices have gone down in the same ratio. There were around 1700 bags of turmeric reported to arrive in erode and the prices held stable at the same level of the previous day. The active contract prices descended by 1.43 percent or Rs 186 to Rs 12846 per quintal due to the weak speculative buying. The spot turmeric prices will likely to remain high during the near future.