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Saturday, April 27, 2002
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TN to submit horticulture EPZ proposal shortly
THE State Government will shortly forward a proposal for setting up an export zone for horticulture in Theni district to the Commerce Ministry's Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority. This will be the second agri ... More

RUBBER


Rubber firms up on poor arrivals
KOTTAYAM: Rubber prices firmed up here again followed by covering purchases. Traders who were reluctant earlier in covering purchases were found enthusiastic. As arrivals suddenly stopped market showed upward trends. There was a ... More

TEA


Tea exports to WANA region up
Exports to the region has gone up last year with more markets as Morocco and Yemen opening up. However, the ban on Indian tea imposed by Libya and Iran has dented bigger growth. More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS


Duty on butter, oil hiked to 40 pc
IN a major concession to the domestic dairy industry, the Union Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has hiked the basic customs duty (BCD) on butter and butter oil to 40 per cent. The 2002-03 Union Budget had slashed the BCD on butter oil and ... More

AP to import HF, Jersey stock to boost milk yield
IN an effort to find ways of boosting milk yields of native cattle, an expert team from Andhra Pradesh has gone scouting `Down Under'. After a visit to top livestock farms in Australia and New Zealand, the team has recommended the import of ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS


  • Karnataka: Nabard loan

    JUTE


    Calcutta HC stays Jute Packaging Order
    THE Calcutta High Court has stayed the March 1 notification published in the Gazette of India, issued by the Ministry of Textiles, where the Central Government decided to reduce the use of jute package for sugar to 90 per cent from 100 per cent ... More

    OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


    A.P. Solvex to produce winterised rice bran oil
    A.P Solvex Ltd, the country's largest rice bran oil (RBO) refiner, has entered into a technical tie-up with Meiura Engineering Corporation of Japan for production of `winterised' RBO. ``Winterisation technology enables complete separation of ... More

    COFFEE


    Poor offtake at ICTA sale
    THE general offtake was poor at the Indian Coffee Traders' Auction held on Thursday. Exporters bought within their reach and domestic traders operated on a need basis. Prices fell marginally by Rs 1-2 on washed arabicas. Washed robustas remained ... More

    AGRICULTURAL POLICY


    TN: Laboratory facility for farm products
    THE Department of Agri-business and Marketing, the nodal department for the establishment of agri export zones and the facilitator for agri-business investments, will soon set up a Rs 3-crore laboratory for testing and quality certification of ... More
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