The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 09, 2007

COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Commodity futures turnover up
Commodity trading continued to grow with the turnover registering a 40 per cent growth to Rs 27,39,340.36 crore between April and December, 2006 against Rs 19,56,008.42 crore for the fiscal April 2005-March 15, 2006. The three ... More

PLANTATIONS
Dakshina Kannada grower brews wine from arecanut
NEW CONCOCTION More

GoM panel to look into plantation sector issues
Meeting today to discuss other problems also More

RUBBER
Spot rubber turns weak
Spot rubber ruled weak on Monday. The market lacked proper buying support and sheet rubber closed at Rs 94.50 and Rs 95.50 against Rs 95.25 and Rs 960 a kg respectively at Kottayam and Kochi. The grade hit a low of Rs 94, while the prices ... More

SUGAR
Balrampur Chini approves hike in FII investment limit
AGM to decide on increasing borrowing limit More

Bulk buyers may benefit from crash in sugar prices
Growers could suffer a setback of Rs 300 a tonne of crop More

TEA
Rise in tea prices to continue on strong demand
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Significant growth in tea exports to Pak
Tea exports to Pakistan have shown a significant growth, with total shipments estimated to cross 15 million kg (mkg) in 2006. The total exports in the January-September 2006 period stood at 11.13 mkg worth Rs 69.73 crore against 7.19 mkg worth ... More

Coimbatore tea sale begins on positive note
For the tea traders here, the year commenced on a positive note with total offerings of 6.63 lakh kg at the weekly auction, comprising 2.89 lakh kg of leaf grades and the rest dust. Trade sources described the market as generally "fair". There ... More

WATER
ITC in nationwide drive for water conservation
Its rainwater harvesting programme seeks to achieve 2 main goals More

COTTON
China continues to drive global cotton market
As the world's largest producer, importer and consumer of cotton, China continues to be an important driver of the global cotton market and developments in that country are closely watched for their price implication. The latest from China is ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Oilmeal shipments touch new high in Dec
Oilmeal shipments hit a high in December 2006 at 6.2 lakh tonnes, according to a Solvent Extractors Association of India report. Of this, soyameal accounted for over five lakh tonnes, with the rest mainly accounted for by rapeseed extraction as ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
New contracts help push up chilli prices
Tussle over sugarcane pricing in UP has turned out to be blessing for gur makers More

Cardamom down on poor buying
Prices decline by Rs 30 a kg More

OUTLOOK
Copper in surplus; prices likely to fall
Trend a continuation that began months ago: Analysts More