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Masjid Bunder, Mumbai

Spices, provisions and bulk commodity trading.

The wholesale provisions district behind Masjid station: dry fruit, dates, spices, grain, oil, sugar and packaged food, in lanes that have run this trade for over a century. It is where most of the city’s retail shops buy, and where the import trade lands.

8named shops and sections
4things to know
4trades listed
2026snapshot year

Inside the market

The sections, the shops and what each one sells
NameWhereWhat is there
Dry fruit and date marketMasjid BunderAlmonds, cashew, pistachio, dates, figs, saffron. The wholesale source for Mumbai.
Spice lanesMasjid Bunder, Null Bazaar sideWhole and ground spices, in sacks.
Grain and pulse wholesalersMasjid BunderRice, dal, wheat, by the quintal.
Oil and ghee tradeMasjid BunderEdible oil wholesale; a serious commodity trade.
Sugar and jaggery marketMasjid BunderPart of the same provision cluster.
Imported provision merchantsMasjid Bunder, Bhendi BazaarMiddle Eastern and Gulf goods, dates especially.
Bhendi BazaaradjoiningThe Muslim quarter, with its own food and attar trade.
Crawford Market1869a short walkThe retail end of the same goods.

Worth knowing before you go

  • Ramzan is when the date trade is at its peak; the variety then is remarkable.
  • Wholesale quantities. Retail customers are served but the pricing assumes bulk.
  • Go early. The trade is largely done by midday.
  • Dry fruit here costs a fraction of the mall price for the same grade.
Named shops

Plastics and Packaging

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5shops
Named shops

Readymade Garments

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2shops
Named shops

Spices and Dry Fruits

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4shops
Named shops

Electrical and Hardware

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2shops

Named houses

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NameWhereWhat they carry
Thakkar Bros 1972Masjid Bunder (original store)Premium dry fruit, wholesale to hotels, bakeries and corporates and retail to the public; branches at Kandivali and Mulund.
Shakti EnterprisesShop 27, Gaumukh Bhavan, Yusuf Meherali RoadDry fruit wholesaler near the station.
Mumbai Dryfruits & Dates Merchants AssociationMasjid BunderThe trade body; its member list is the directory of the market.
Barkaat PackagingMasjid Bunder; also APMC Market, Navi MumbaiWholesale packaging materials.

What is traded here, trade by trade

Spices and Dry FruitsPlastics and PackagingStationery and PaperElectrical and Hardware

The other markets

Crawford MarketZaveri BazaarMangaldas MarketMulji Jetha MarketBhuleshwarLohar ChawlChor BazaarMasjid BunderNull BazaarDadar MarketHindmataLinking RoadColaba CausewayVashi APMC Market

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