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Wednesday, November 05, 2003
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Palm oil414 (414)
Groundnut ready480 (465)
Coconut oil ready6950 (6950)
Castor BSS341 (349)

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MET SIGNS
Alert on pest attack
THE latest Agromet Advisory from the Met Office, Thiruvananthapuram, has sounded a general alert against pest attack and other diseases necessitating a `close on-field watch' on the emerging situation in paddy fields. In case the incidence of ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES


Flower, fruit and veg show in Thiruvananthapuram
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has joined the list of organisers of the `Flower, fruit and vegetable show 2004' scheduled to be held in the city from January 23 to ... More

PLANTATIONS


APK seeks incentives for vanilla, medicinal plants
THE Association of Planters in Kerala (APK) has requested a Cabinet Sub-Committee on Plantations to recommend to the State Government to exempt vanilla and medicinal plants from the purview of the Land Reforms Act. The first report of the Law ... More

POWER


Power subsidy for farmers at Rs 2,500 cr: Jayalalithaa
THE Tamil Nadu Electricity Board continues to subsidise farmers about Rs 2,500 crore a year despite charging for the power supplied to irrigation pump sets, according to the Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa. She was responding in the Assembly ... More

RUBBER


Physical rubber prices improve
THE physical rubber market was better on Tuesday. RSS 5 improved to Rs 55.50 from Rs 55 on Monday. Ungraded rubber and latex remained steady on buyer resistance, while the other grades moved up on better demand. The covering group was more ... More

WATER


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    METALS


    Copper, zinc prices raised
    TWO major producers of copper products have increased their prices for all the three different grades for October month under new pricing system. Sterlite Copper and Birla Copper, the two major private producers of copper, has increased their ... More

    OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


    Under-invoicing continues in edible oil imports
    IF you thought invoice manipulation in edible oil imports stopped with the imposition of tariff values, you are mistaken. Ingenious importers seem to be able to find loopholes in the Government regulations with unfailing regularity and are able ... More

    SPICES & CONDIMENTS


    Pepper exports down 24 pc
    PEPPER exports from the country during the first nine months of the calendar year 2003 decreased by 24 per cent to 12,800 tonnes from 16,950 tonnes during the same period of 2002, according to Jakarta-based International Pepper Community ... More
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