The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Warehousing Corpn to invest Rs 11 cr in Kerala
CENTRAL Warehousing Corporation is investing around Rs 11 crore in Kerala to develop warehousing capacity at Kannur and Kozhikode districts, according to Mr P.E. Prasad, Regional Manager, CWC, Chennai. He said CWC is setting up a container ... More

RUBBER

Spot rubber prices improve
KOTTAYAM: Monday witnessed all-round improvement in spot rubber prices. Covering groups and purchase agents turned aggressive once again as international futures markets gained sharply on speculative buying. Sheet rubber improved to Rs ... More

METALS

Slowdown in copper demand; supply still tight

Supply deficit in Jan-Nov 2005 put at 1.54 lakh tonnes

But deficit down from 9.72 lakh tonnes during the year-ago period

Sharp declines in futures price More

JUTE

National Jute Board: Centre giving final touches to framework
THE Union Textiles Ministry is giving final touches to the guidelines and framework of the National Jute Board, which was proposed in the National Jute Policy announced in April last year. Ministry sources said it had been decided that two ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Castor output seen up 12% on 11 pc increase in acreage
Experts broadly agreed that there is an upside for both castorseed and oil prices Mumbai, Feb. 20 AN 11 per cent increase in area planted under castorseed (8.73 lakh hectares) has ... More

POULTRY

No avian flu, no need for vaccine, says Venkateshwara Hatcheries chief
"DO not panic, do not inject yourselves with influenza or any other vaccine as you will show positive and then blame the chicken. You do not need any vaccine and there is no avian influenza in the country, and I appeal to the Government not to ... More

Centre may not allow sale of Tamiflu in retail market — `Drug has adverse side-effects, not safe for children too'
The Government will procure the drug and supply it through its own health agencies; it will float tenders for procurement on Tuesday. More

Exporters seek `disease-free' zone status for South
A BAN slapped on poultry products from India by Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and countries in the Gulf has left exporters from Tamil Nadu crestfallen. Agency reports said all these countries had banned Indian poultry products following the ... More

Bird flu scare hits egg, broiler movement
CHICKEN farmers and poultry trade in the country, especially in the South, have begun to feel the after-effects of reports of bird flu in Maharashtra. There has been a drastic fall in offtake of chicken and eggs at retail outlets. Chicken farms ... More

Bird flu incidence: AP poultry industry analysing impact
Initial reports said the industry lost Rs 10 crore on Sunday and Rs 7-8 crore on Monday, with consumers shying away from buying chicken as the news spread across the State. More

Eggs not in demand
These egg-laden trucks parked on the outskirts of Kolkata on Monday had little demand from traders. Due to the bird flu scare, demand of eggs has fallen sharply in the wholesale and retail market. ... More

Mumbai restaurants see customers chickening out
WHILE most restaurants in Mumbai have witnessed virtually zero sales of chicken dishes, even party organisers in the city are feeling the pangs of the bird flu. Mr Raj Singh, Owner, Contact Plus Events, said that many of his clients have been ... More

TN to ban entry of poultry products from Maharashtra
THE Tamil Nadu Government has decided to impose a ban on entry of poultry products from Maharashtra, where bird flu infection has been detected. Officials disclosed this after a review meeting with poultry industry representatives on Monday. ... More

Culling continues in Navapur
IN the Navapur taluka of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra, where it all began, more than seven lakh chicken have been culled since Saturday and the remaining 1.5 lakh would be culled by Tuesday, said a Maharashtra Government official while ... More

... and no chicken hearts in Chennai, Bangalore
OVER the weekend, it was business as usual for two popular `chicken restaurants' in Chennai. Mr Vinod Manikkath, General Manager of the Marrybrown chain of restaurants, says he hasn't felt the impact at shop level yet, but has had to field ... More

Farmers at their wit's end
FIFTY ONE-year-old H.D.Patil, who owns a 40,000-bird capacity poultry firm on a dusty road off the Mumbai-Goa highway at Palspa Phata, does not have time to browse through newspapers on a Sunday. For, that is usually his busiest day of the ... More

Broilers: Retail sales too hit
Daily arrivals of broilers from Pune, Nasik and Panvel region have reduced drastically from normal 4-5 lakh broilers to 3.0-3.5 lakh per day. More