Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, February 06, 2002
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES AQUACULTURE Sudden drop in shrimp prices AFTER initial indications of recovery last week, shrimp prices have again dropped but importers are yet to show interest in concluding large contracts, according to market sources. Prices ranged around $12 - 12.20 per kg for 16/20 count black ... More RUBBER Rubber market flat KOTTAYAM: Rubber market here remained flat to weak on Tuesday. Ungraded rubber declined a tad on low buying interest of the northern buyers while the rest held steady. Traders attributed the failure of STC and the State machinery to ... More SUGAR Control on sugar to go next fiscal THE Government has decided to totally decontrol the sugar industry during the coming fiscal, subject to futures trading becoming fully operational. Currently, the curbs on the industry are two-fold. The first relates to the obligation on mills ... More FOODGRAINS AP plans to procure 80 lakh tonnes rice THE Andhra Pradesh Government has drawn up a procurement target of 80 lakh tonnes of rice during the current marketing season, which includes 45 lakh tonnes of rice during the kharif and 25 lakh tonnes during rabi seasons respectively. The ... More
Curbs on wheat exports go COIR Unions oppose privatisation of Coir Board showrooms THE Union Government's decision to privatise Coir Board showrooms and its manufacturing unit, Hindustan Coir, has been opposed by its employees unions. The Centre had directed the board to privatise its show rooms, barring a few in the metros, ... More COFFEE Coffee output slide likely to continue COFFEE production in the country is likely to be hit during the next crop year (Oct 2002-Sept. 2003) also due to poor agricultural management practices arising out of lower prices for the produce. The crop may be lower than the revised projection ... More SPICES & CONDIMENTS Cardamom rules weak CARDAMOM prices witnessed a marginal fall last week at major auction centres in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The prices dropped by Rs 5-10 per kg because of poor buying support. However, major exporters are buying to meet their commitments while the ... More STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS UK may tighten food laws as retail study reveals toxins THE United Kingdom is likely to tighten food laws including inspection of imported foodstuffs and ingredient. A tough position is likely to be taken against retailers selling foods that do not comply with official food standards. This follows ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in |
Top Stories In Depth Inside Kashmir Guide to derivatives US-64 Looking back Jan. 27-Feb. 2 Retention price: Govt move keeps urea units on tenterhooks APEDA specifications for quality control -- Rice exporters told to fall in line Centre mulls curbs on GM soya oil Western cow vs Third World farmer `Gene tech to give quantum leap to farm output' Need for hard decisions to contain ballooning wheat stocks |
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