The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 25, 2005

Bountiful
Workers busy packing apples in Kashmir. This year, the fruit production valley has been good after a long gap. Kashmir produces about 11 lakh tonnes of apple of which nearly eight lakh tonnes go outside the State. Most of the production is ... More

RUBBER

Rubber firms up on short supply
SPOT rubber prices firmed up on short supply. The north-east monsoon continued to affect production in most of the plantations. Sentiments were further affected by extremely bullish international futures markets as covering groups and ... More

TEA

`Teas with a conscience' may be the new marketing mantra
`INDIAN teas are the only teas with a conscience." A couple of years from now, this could become the punch line for Indian tea advertisements in leading global markets such as London or Berlin or Moscow where it competes with new ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Gold may correct lower
SPOT gold prices rose higher hitting an 18-year high, helped by robust investment demand amid economic and geo-political worries eyeing another test of the psychological level at $500 an ounce. The physical sector lacked buying interest from ... More

METALS

Metal scrap: DGFT suspends acceptance of 8 PSI certificates
THE administration of import policy on metal scrap continues to be an uphill task for the Government, which has now temporarily suspended the acceptance of pre-shipment inspection (PSI) certificates of eight agencies. This action follows the ... More

COTTON

Egypt cancels cotton export contracts to India — Shippers cite growers' reluctance to sell their produce at lower rates as reason
INSTANCES of cancellation of forward contracts by the Egyptian cotton shippers entered with Indian importers have come to surface, causing anxiety to the spinning mills which have bought extra long staple (ELS) cotton in the new season. Already ... More

SILK

Kerala promoting silk usage
KOTTAYAM: The Community Silk Weaving Project introduced by Government of Kerala aims at manufacturing silk using the raw material produced in the State itself. The project, jointly implemented by Kerala State Sericultural Cooperative ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Tight supply pushes up pepper prices
TIGHT supply has pushed up spot pepper prices by Rs 250 a quintal during the last three days in the terminal market here. The futures also witnessed an upward trend up to Rs 500 a quintal. Spot pepper prices increased by Rs 250 a quintal on ... More

TRENDS

Kakinada farmers oppose move to acquire fertile land for SEZ
HUNDREDS of farmers mobbed the East Godavari Collectorate on Wednesday evening when a meeting was convened to discuss the question of land acquisition for the proposed oil refinery and special economic zone to be set up by ONGC in the district. ... More

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