The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 03, 2006

Govt resorts to duty-free wheat import — To curb rising prices, STC to buy 5 lakh tonnes
AFTER a gap of almost six years, India will enter the world market to buy wheat. The country will import five lakh tonnes (lt) this year to curb the rising wheat prices, especially in the South. The public sector State Trading Corporation ... More

PESTS

Meet on vector-borne diseases in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: The International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Indian Virological Society (IVS) are conducting an international symposium on management of vector-borne viruses during February 7-10. The ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Australia to raise horticulture exports to India
INDIA has emerged as an important market for Australian horticultural produce and the Australian Government has come out with National Food Industry strategy to increase its horticulture exports to other markets with special focus on India. The ... More

RUBBER

Rubber hardens on global recovery
A SHARP recovery in international indices strengthened spot rubber prices on Thursday. The market improved on short covering and fresh buying as covering groups and purchase agents turned active, reacting to the news on hectic buying in the ... More

SUGAR

Sugar zooms in South
SUGAR prices in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have spurted since Tuesday to touch new highs. The reasons: lower monthly releases for February, market sentiment, international prices, politics... take your pick, say those in the ... More

ISMA seeks cut in excise duty for molasses
THE Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has urged the Union Finance Ministry to classify sugar industry in the priority sector to facilitate provision of adequate cash credit limit and prompt payment of sugarcane price as required under ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Spot gold may correct lower
SPOT gold prices corrected slightly from their 25-year highs on profit-taking but the sentiment remained upbeat. Rebounding dollar and softer crude oil prices limited interest in gold. Spot gold prices moved in line with our expectations. ... More

COIR

Spinning value
Coconut fibres being twisted at a small-scale coir manufacturing unit in Ayakudi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. Coir exports have registered a marginal rise in terms of value during the first nine months of the current fiscal. Coir exports totalled ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Over 45 pc dip in Nov-Jan vegoil imports
JANUARY saw a further decline in vegetable oil imports. According to preliminary data made available to Business Line by the industry portal Oilmandi.com, arrivals last month totalled 1.88 lakh tonnes comprising approximately 70,000 tonnes ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

STCL in a fix over cured vanilla beans' disposal
STCL Ltd, which has completed procurement of three tonnes of cured vanilla beans as a market intervention exercise, appears to be in a dilemma about its further disposal. It has procured three tonnes of A-grade cured beans at Rs 45 lakh (Rs ... More

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Over 45 pc dip in Nov-Jan vegoil imports

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