AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
RUBBER
Remove cap on exports, urge rubber merchants
THE Cochin Rubber Merchants Association (CRMA) has urged the Union Government to allow unrestricted exports of natural rubber with full cash incentives to keep the nation's presence felt in the international market. The CRMA President, Mr N. ...
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Mixed trend in rubber prices
SPOT rubber prices were quoted in a mixed trend on Tuesday. While ungraded rubber and ISNR 20 made losses, the other grades remained steady with less trading interest. Major manufactures were not active and the arrivals were reported to be ...
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COTTON
Integrated cotton farming, a succour for poor growers
EVEN as technology and subsidies drive cotton output up in many countries, resulting in a decline in prices that hurts growers, especially small-holders, a unique model to bring together small farmers with the objective of improving their ...
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OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Refining of edible oil does not attract excise duty: SC
REFINING of vegetable oil, which was edible oil even prior to refining, does not amount to manufacture and, hence, does not attract excise duty that can be levied on manufacture of refined oils, the Supreme Court has held. Disposing of a civil ...
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COFFEE
New way to combat coffee berry borer
GLOBALLY, coffee berry borers cause about $500 million in damage to the crop annually. They eat holes in the beans, lower the crop's quality and reduce the growers' income. A scientist of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), an arm of the ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
FTAs threatening to hit domestic pepper trade
Since Vietnam and Thailand share a common border with Cambodia, it is feared that Vietnamese black pepper could find a way into India through Thailand.
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NATURAL CALAMITIES
TN: More relief for farmers sought
MADURAI: The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, should persuade the Centre to grant enhanced relief to the farmers in the Cauvery delta region who have lost their paddy crops, the Federation of Farmers' ...
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