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Friday, January 11, 2002
Agri Prices (Jan. 10)
Sugar (S-30)1372 (1380)
Copra2700 (2700)
Coconut oil3775 (3775)
Rice (fine)1700 (1700)
Turmeric (gola)1600 (1400)

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AQUACULTURE


Plea for more sops to aquaculture
VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Aqua Farmers' Welfare Association has sought the Union Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, to treat aquaculture as a form of agriculture and extend all the benefits being given presently to the farm ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE


SEZ planned in Vizag to boost farm sector
A SPECIAL economic zone (SEZ) will be set up at Visakhapatnam and incentives for exporters will be extended, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, has said. The Chief Minister, who gave away the second annual awards for ... More

RUBBER


Sheet rubber prices slip
KOTTAYAM: Sheet rubber and block rubber slid a tad following low demand from the manufacturing sector. Some of the producers who kept off the market recently reappeared to tide over their cash crunch dampening market sentiments. Latex ... More

SUGAR


Sugaronline.com changes hands
KOLKOTA: THE world's most sought-after sugar portal, the UK-based sugaronline.com of Commodity Systems Ltd, which was up for liquidation, has changed hands. It has been acquired by Milecourt Ltd, a UK-based private venture capital company, ... More

Trade seeks duty sops on `Vitamin A'-fortified sugar
THE domestic sugar industry has demanded excise exemption on sugar fortified with Vitamin A. Currently, free sale sugar attracts a specific excise duty of Rs 850 per tonne, with levy sugar sold through fair price shops being charged at Rs 520 per ... More

TEA


CTCs in demand at Guwahati sale
CTC market opened to fair demand this week. All Assam CTC brokens and large fannings declined irregularly in value. Larger brokens were largely neglected and they faced withdrawals. Cheapest bolder brokens were absorbed at lower levels by Polish ... More

COFFEE


Coffee harvesting
Harvesting of coffee is on at Pulapally in Kerala's Wayanad district. Many farmers have stopped harvesting as the prices have fallen drastically.

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  • Allana Sons is top coffee exporter

    SPICES & CONDIMENTS


    Fall in Nov global pepper exports
    AFTER the satisfactory performance of over 21,000 tonnes in the previous two months, pepper exports by major origins slumped in November 2001 to 15,251 tonnes. While Indonesia (6,860 tonnes) and Brazil (4,772 tonnes) accounted for bulk of the ... More

    EVENTS


    3-day agriculture fair in AP
    VIJAYAWADA: A hi-tech agriculture trade fair titled `Andhra Agri.Com 2002' will be organised here in the Swaraj Maidan from January 24-27. The fair, sponsored by the local Agrigold group and supported by the Government of Andhra ... More

    COMMODITY EXCHANGES


    Sugartrade.com ties up with MDEX -- MoU to develop futures exchange
    THE sugar industry's most visible Web site, sugartrade.com, promoted by the Mumbai-based e-commodities Ltd, has joined hands with Malaysia Derivatives Exchange Bhd (MDEX) for developing its sugar futures exchange. Last December, sugartrade.com ... More
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