The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, January 30, 2002

No takers for shrimps
SHRIMP prices currently range around $12.50-12.60 per kg 16/20 counts for black tiger. But these find no buyers with most of the importers based in Japan concentrating on the Indonesian market, where cheaper stocks are on offer, according to ... More

Shrimp seed prices hover at low levels
SHRIMP seed prices are hovering at low levels with stocking yet to pick up in shrimp farms. Prices per piece of black tiger shrimp seed in the 14-20-day-old post-larval stage (PL 14-20) is around 15-20 paise and is likely to pick up later this ... More

RUBBER

Rubber improves slightly
KOTTAYAM: Rubber market improved a tad consequent on the general rubber goods sector showing interest in buying. The tyre sector is still watching the situation without making any commitments. Traders expect the prices to surge ... More

SUGAR

Sugar edges up
MUMBAI:Small sugar edged up further on the Vashi wholesale market on mild demand from retailers. . Small sugar quality (S-30) inched up further by Rs 4-5 per quintal to Rs 1,375-1,421 from the overnight closing level of Rs ... More

TEA

Dipping prices worry southern tea trade
A cursory look at the auction catalogue is clearly indicative of the steep decline in tea prices. The average price fetched by the tea producers of South India fell from Rs 68.79 per kg in 1998 to Rs 57.10/kg the following year, and further ... More

CTCs in demand at Guwahati sale
CTC offerings at Guwahati auctions last week met with better general demand at lower levels. Plainer and better-sized medium Assam brokens met with better enquiry and sold around last levels with a lower tendency. Good and better Assam however ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING

AP signs pact for agri-export zone
THE Andhra Pradesh Government and the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the establishment of an agri-export zone (AEZ) in Chittoor ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

ICAR aid for TNAU project
THE Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has sanctioned Rs.5.18 lakh to the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) to monitor the changes in the soil organic matter (SOM) status in a multiple cropping system of ragi-maize under ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Centre mulls curbs on GM soya oil
`Under the law of the land, import of genetically modified products is prohibited, except with a license issued by the Government. Obviously, current imports are not produced out of pure, non-GM seeds.' More

RBD palmolein eases
MUMBAI: Select oils eased on the local oil and oilseeds market here on Tuesday, while prices in the futures market closed better on some stockists' support. In the edible section, imported RBD palmolein eased to Rs 285 from the last ... More

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