The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 11, 2006

Chennai, Tuticorin ports gearing up
CHENNAI and Tuticorin ports are gearing up to handle large quantities of wheat imports (in bulk). The consignment are likely to start arriving from next month. Both the ports, which have handled raw sugar (in bulk) in the last few months, have ... More

STC floats tender to import 5 lakh t wheat
THE State Trading Corporation (STC) on Friday floated a tender to purchase five lakh tonnes of wheat, following the Union Food Ministry's move to import the foodgrain to rein in rising prices. The tender seeks crop of the current season ... More

BUDGET

Kerala Budget: Farm resurgence fund on the anvil
THE State Government proposes to set up an Agricultural Resurgence Fund with the aim of helping projects that seek to raise productivity through adoption of modern technology, including in the plantation sector. The Finance Minister, Mr Vakkom ... More

RUBBER

Rubber turns weak on global trend
SPOT rubber witnessed a mixed trend on Friday. According to sources, the weakness in Japanese futures markets guided the domestic sentiment, though there were no quantity sellers in any grades. RSS 4 fell to Rs 81.50 a kg at Kottayam and ... More

SUGAR

Sugar prices likely to stay firm in line with global trend
THE domestic sugar market will continue to rule firm in the near-term following the rising trend in prices internationally, Mr Chandra Sekhar Nopany, President, Indian Sugar Mills Association, has said. Sugar prices increased by about 5 per ... More

Leasing, acquisition being explored — Pvt sugar mills mull options to hike cane crushing capacity
PRIVATE sector sugar mills in Tamil Nadu are exploring opportunities to increase sugarcane crushing capacities in the short-term driven by a buoyant trend in the sector. One option is leasing the cooperative sector mills, which is now ... More

1.5 lakh t extra sugar released
NEW DELHI: In order to arrest the increasing sugar price, the Department of Food & Public Distribution has released additional quota of 1.5 lakh tonnes (lt) of free-sale sugar for February. Along with this additional quota, the total quota ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING

Prestigious project
A view of the "Sudha Ras" food processing park located on the National Highway 6, 28 km from Kolkata. The park is a composite facility for food processing industries. The first phase of one of the dream projects of the West Bengal Industrial ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

New groundnut variety kindles hope for farmers in Anantapur
It is expected that the new variety will be sown over 5,000 hectares this year. More

Edible oil imports drop 21 pc to Rs 5,818 cr in April-Nov
The total import of sensitive items for the period April-November 2005 stood at Rs 10,756 crore (Rs 12,452 crore), a 13.6 per cent decline. More

COMMODITY MARKETS

Groundnut oil rules firm
Mumbai: Groundnut oil firmed up on some fresh enquiries on the oil and oilseed market on Friday. Castor oil also firmed up further on continued buying interest. Castorseed futures ended lower on limited buying. Imported refined ... More

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