The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 16, 2005

Something is rotten in fruit trade
IN a Jimmy Buffett lyric a chorus that one comes across is: "I ate the last mango in Paris/ Took the last plane out of Saigon/ Took the first fast boat to China/ And Jimmy there's still so much to be done." True, mango is a mood-lifter, you'd ... More

Austrade push to apples in India
AUSTRADE, the Australian Trade Commission, is stepping up the promotion of horticulture products in the Indian markets. It will launch a series of promos beginning Monday from Chennai. The focus of the "Australia Fresh" campaign will be the ... More

RUBBER

Kyoto Protocol funding — Project to assess carbon absorption in rubber plants
IT may not be the latex alone that the rubber growers are selling in future. They could well be trading in the amount of carbon dioxide their trees have absorbed. The Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) has started a project to assess ... More

TEA

Govt urged to focus more on marketing of tea overseas
TEA merchant exporters have urged the Union Government to concentrate more on marketing of tea in the overseas market rather than just laying stress on production in the gardens, according to Mr R.M. Kaushik, Chairman of Indian Merchant Tea ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Downward trend likely in cotton
NEW York cotton futures ended lower on Friday at a four-week low on speculative profit-taking. The downfall could be attributed mostly to a resurgent dollar. The CRB-Reuters Commodity Index contributed to the sell-off in fibre contracts. Fund ... More

COTTON

Cotton farmers desperate as Govt delays payment — Cautious response to Monsanto's Bollgard launch in Vidarbha
AS the mercury rises in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, so does the anger of the cotton farmers of the region. The farmers here are desperate as they are increasingly weighed down by problems, which are not of their own making. Non-payment ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Pepper prices move up
PEPPER prices have shown an upward trend following the announcement that the Union Commerce Ministry would stop import of pepper using the advance licences issued before the facility was withdrawn few months back. Spot prices of MG 1 and ... More

INTERVIEW

State Trading Corporation set for a makeover
THE State Trading Corporation of India Ltd (STC) is all set for a make-over from being a bulk trading agency in commodities to a one-stop shop that offers specialised trade facilitation, by drawing from experience and contacts built over five ... More

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