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EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Mills in North contract raw sugar for imports at $520/t
Demand may fall after Nov; price flare-up unlikely for now. New Delhi, Aug. 26 Indian mills, primarily those in the North, are said to have contracted 4-5 lakh tonnes (lt) of imported raw sugar within the last couple of weeks at prices ranging ...

FLORICULTURE: Heady scent of success
Though his flower business is in full bloom today, this businessman is in no hurry to rest on his laurels.. He believes in saying it with flowers — personally as well as professionally. Vikaas Gutgutia’s Rs 100-crore Ferns N Petals ...

COMMODITIES: Wholesale prices fall 0.95%; food still costly
Index of all commodities rises to 238.8 points. New Delhi, Aug. 26 The annual Wholesale Price Index-based inflation fell 0.95 per cent during the week ended August 15 compared with the 1.53 per cent slide recorded in the previous week, the ...

SUGAR: The downside to curbing ‘speculative demand’
New Delhi, Aug. 26 For any commodity, demand is of two kinds. The first is so-called ‘genuine’ and use-based, while the other is ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Elusive monsoon has Gujarat govt worried
14 districts facing drought. Gandhinagar, Aug. 26 With this year’s monsoon rains playing truant for weeks together, Gujarat is no longer expecting a repeat of the last few years’ record farm output and agricultural growth of 9.6 per ...

PLANTATIONS: Campco to raise éclair production capacity
Considering the demand for cocoa-based products in the market, Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) Ltd is planning to expand the production capacity of various products at its chocolate factory in Puttur ...

SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Sharp fall in pepper futures
The pepper futures market on Wednesday also witnessed high volatility and closed lower on Tuesday on ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: M.P., Rajasthan, Gujarat likely to get more rains
A western disturbance was located over Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, an update from the National Centre for Medium Range Weather ...

AQUACULTURE: Bounty after the ban
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RUBBER: Spot rubber gains on cues from futures
Kottayam, Aug. 26 The domestic rubber prices flared up on Wednesday. In spot, the market improved following the sharp gains on NMCE. A firm closing in international indices catalysed the sentiments further and sheet rubber moved up to Rs ...

TEA: 15-week low offerings at Coonoor tea auctions
Coonoor, Aug. 26For the seventh consecutive week, the volume offered for sale at the auctions of Coonoor Tea Trade Association has traced a declining trend. The volume of 12.66 lakh kg offered for Sale No. 35 to be held tomorrow and Friday is ...

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