The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, December 21, 2002

Rubber steady
THE rubber market remained steady on Friday on reports of adequate arrivals to the market to meet the enhanced demand for the commodity. Quite a good number of buyers representing different sections of consumers procured rubber for them. Tyre ... More

TEA

Trade for free import of tea-bagging machines
THERE are at the most 50 tea bagging machines in India while Sri Lanka, India's closest rival in tea exports, has more than 150. And this at a time when because of the convenience factor tea drinkers are increasingly opting for tea ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING

Kerala drawing up action plan for banana processing
THE growing potential for plantain and banana-based products within the country and abroad has presented Kerala, a major producer, with a golden opportunity which it hopes to take advantage of by aggressively promoting the industry on the basis ... More

PRECIOUS METALS

Trying to check rates!
A jeweller in south Mumbai finds time to read as business has been dull due to a sharp rise in gold prices. The yellow metal closed at Rs 5,565 on Friday

COTTON

Lint prices rule firm
COTTON lint prices remained firm and displayed an upward trend during the first fortnight of the month. Arrivals were in full swing in the Northern and Central zones. In Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, lint prices remained firm. The daily ... More

COIR

Strike outside Kinfra park hampers work
WITH well over 3,000 coir workers from various parts of the State agitating outside the gates of Kinfra Export Promotion Industrial Park in Kochi, work at the Kera Fibre Tex came to a halt on Friday. Though the agitating coir workers dispersed ... More

COFFEE

Global coffee prices hardening
THE firming prices in September and October continued into November, confirming the break in bearish trend in the global coffee market of the past three years. The monthly indicator of the ICO composite indicator price rose by 8 per cent in ... More

Prices fall at ICTA auction
BANGALORE: Prices at the weekly Indian Coffee Traders' Association auction on Thursday dropped by Rs 2-3 on all varieties. The year-end dullness continues as exporters bought very little and local traders covered just immediate ... More

EVENTS

`Introduce soya products in mid-day meal scheme'
THE Andhra Pradesh Government should supply soya derivatives and products as a part of the mid-day meal scheme to be introduced in schools from January to combat protein deficiency at a less cost, speakers at a seminar organised by the American ... More

MARKETING

Strengthen agri-marketing to save growers
THE news report on the sharp decline in tomato prices and growers in Andhra Pradesh dumping lorry-loads of the harvested produce on the roads for want of a market is at once disturbing and boring because of its repetitive nature. The incident ... More

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