The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, October 07, 2003

FCI extends tender date for rice sale
THE Food Corporation of India (FCI) has extended the tenders for sale of rice, which is 3 or more years old, from October 6 to October 22. Tenders were opened on September 23. "I think the tender date has been extended due to poor ... More

RUBBER

Rubber latex rises on low arrivals
THE rubber market showed a better trend on Monday. RSS 4 improved to Rs 49.75 from Friday's rate of Rs 49.25. All other grades recorded nominal gains, while latex concentrate flared up to close at Rs 39 per kg against Rs 38 on extremely low ... More

TEA

Mixed trend at Kochi tea sales
A MIXED trend persisted for almost all varieties of tea at the Kochi tea auction. Though the leaf sale witnessed a good general demand, it was comparatively low for dust varieties. There was only a less general demand in the dust sale and the ... More

To reduce tea growers' woes — Govt studying Lankan model
IN an effort to reduce the burden of social cost borne by the tea-producing companies, the Union Commerce Ministry is closely studying the Sri Lankan model. According to sources, Government officials are aware that the huge social cost of the ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS

Rabo India to ink debt swap deal with Dynamix
In the event of Schreiber infusing addition equity of Rs 35 crore, its share in Dynamix would rise to above 51 per cent. This would make Schreiber the largest shareholder in the firm. More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

More checkposts to curb inter-State spices smuggling
THE State Government will set up checkposts on by-routes at the borders with Karnataka and Tamil Nadu so as to arrest the rampant smuggling and evasion of sales tax of pepper and other commodities out of the State. The Commissioner of ... More

Global pepper exports decline 17 per cent
GLOBAL pepper export declined by 17 per cent during August to 17,181 tonne as compared to 20,677 tonne exported during August last year. This is primarily because of a fall in exports from all major pepper-producing countries except ... More

Vanilla spurts on short supply
GREEN vanilla bean prices have increased sharply in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of coastal Karnataka in the last 15 days. Though arecanut and coconut are the major commercial crops of these districts, vanilla has its own share in ... More

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