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COMMODITIES: Food items still costly Prices of cereals, pulses, sugar up by over 10%. New Delhi, March 12 The annual Wholesale Price Index-based inflation dipped 60 basis points to a six-year low of 2.43 per cent. Food inflation, however, continued to hover around the double-digit ... AQUACULTURE: US cuts dumping duty on Indian shrimp imports Rates slashed to 0.79%; final review findings in July. Kochi, March 12 The preliminary findings of the Third Administrative Review on anti-dumping duty for Indian shrimp exports to the US have slashed the rates sharply to 0.79 per ... OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL: Economic crisis to hit veg oil trade: Mistry RBD palmolein seen slipping to $500/tonne. Mumbai, March 12 Hit by the global economic slowdown, the vegetable oil industry is staring at a bleak future with the world consumption expected to grow by just 2.5 million tonnes in the oil year ... TEA: Firm trend at Kochi tea sale Arrivals continued to be low and the prices remained firm at the Kochi tea auction. The paucity of summer rains continued to depress production at the tea estates and arrivals remained weak. Export demand was evident for select grades at the ... SUGAR: Imported sugar not to attract stock limits New Delhi, March 12 Imported sugar will not be covered under the Centre’s order allowing State Governments and Union Territories (UT) to impose stock holding and turnover limits on ... CLIMATE & WEATHER: Wheat growing areas may receive rainfall next week Thiruvananthapuram, March 12 The Climate Prediction Centre (CPC) of the US National Weather Services sees renewed western disturbance activity over northwest India from mid-week next ... CULTIVATION: Indigenous method ... RUBBER: Spot rubber rules steady Kottayam, March 12 Physical rubber prices were steady on Thursday. Widespread rains all over the plantation areas kept most of the sellers on sidelines as they were expecting a positive trend in the days ahead. The March contract for RSS 4 ... SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Turmeric farmers asked to hold back stocks The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University’s Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC) is expecting the price of turmeric to peak around July, and has advised farmers to store the produce for the next 2-3 months to ... Columnists: G Chandrashekhar Sharad Joshi Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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