The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 30, 2007

RUBBER
Spot rubber crosses Rs 100-mark
Spot rubber crossed the Rs 100-mark on Monday. RSS 4 closed at Rs 100.50 and Rs 101 a kg respectively at Kottayam and Kochi against Rs 99.50 a kg on Saturday. The market made all-round gains on enquires from the covering groups and purchase ... More

SUGAR
Maharashtra sugar output to be 70 l tonnes
Despite lower recovery levels, mills in Maharashtra are likely to still end up producing over 70 lakh tonnes (lt) of sugar during the current 2006-07 season (October-September). "There is no change to our earlier estimate (of 70 lt plus)," said ... More

FOODGRAINS
Govt playing safe on maize imports
Ahead of the Union Budget 2007, which is just weeks away, the Finance Ministry has withdrawn Customs duty on corn/maize import. The commodity was under a tariff rate of quota of five lakh tonnes at 15 per cent duty and at 50 per cent duty on ... More

COFFEE
MCX launches coffee futures
Has permission to continue trading from 10 am to 11 pm More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Spices exports set to top Rs 3,000 cr
On tight supply in global market, increase in unit value More

Pepper prices continue to shoot up
Pepper prices shot up on Monday both in the futures and spot market on tight supply and strong domestic demand. All the futures contracts shot up even to touch the ceiling. Arrivals at the terminal markets continued to remain very thin. Those ... More

New variety
STRONG AROMA, HIGHER YIELD: A new hot chilli variety on display at the Horticultural Fair in Hyderabad. The wrinkled type - HPH 1048 - is known for its strong aroma and colour. Yielding 30-40 quintals an acre, this variety will hit the ... More

COMMODITY MARKETS
Chana spot prices drive futures up
Strong spot prices drove chana futures to hit the upper circuit on NCDEX on Monday. However, it slipped to close with a gain of 2.93 per cent at Rs 2,497 per quintal after hitting a high of Rs 2,516. Chana for March delivery was up 3.69 per cent ... More

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