The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 27, 2002

No takers for shrimps
THE market for black tiger shrimps is going through a low both in terms of prices and activity with arrivals from farms down and no takers for the produce. Black tiger prices range around $12.40 per kg 16-20 counts as compared to $12.60 last ... More

RUBBER

Rubber declines
RUBBER prices declined on weak demand and fresh inflow of supplies from interior plantation areas on Tuesday. According to trade sources, tapping has resumed in some areas following the withdrawal of the north-east monsoon. Buyers, too, are not ... More

SUGAR

Cane crushing resumes at Palair mill under Madhucon — Supply priced at Rs 838 per tonne
MADHUCON Sugars Ltd has announced a price of Rs 838 per tonne as payment for cane supplies, the best price in recent times, to Palair Cooperative Sugar mill, Khammam, which it had acquired recently. The cane-crushing activity at the sugar mill ... More

WATER

Water supply to Yeleru command area increased
THE State Government has decided to increase and extend water supply under the command area of the Yeleru reservoir in East Godavari district to save the standing crops. The farmers have been agitating for quite some time now, arguing that ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS

`No harm from GM crops'
MADURAI: Cultivation of transgenic crops in India should be viewed positively with a scientific perspective, said the Director of the Department of Biotechnology, Mr S.R. Rao. Mr Rao, who was here to participate in the inaugural ... More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

IFAD chief coming
MR Lennart Bage, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), is arriving here on Wednesday on a week-long visit to India. IFAD is a specialised agency of the United Nations headquartered in Rome and supports poverty ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

Palm oil tariffs hiked by 10%
THE Government has hiked the base import price or tariff values on the palm group of oils by nearly 10 per cent following rapid increase in the prices of vegetable oils in the global market during the last couple of months. The Government had ... More

COFFEE

Global coffee prices look up
DESPITE the market over-supply situation, coffee prices rallied during the month of October and continued into November, marking a break in the downward trend in the coffee market of the past three years and reinforcing the upturn in September. ... More

TOBACCO

Karnataka tobacco crop size increased
THE Tobacco Board, which met in Hyderabad this week, ratified the order of the board Chairman enhancing the crop size of Karnataka from 42 million kg to 50 mkg in the face of stiff opposition from Andhra Pradesh members. The matter was put to ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS

Pepper slips on selling pressure
PEPPER prices fell both on spot and futures market on selling pressure and weak demand. Spot price fell by Rs 600 a quintal on Tuesday. MG 1 was sold at Rs 9,100 as against to Rs 9,700 on Friday last, while ungarbled at Rs 8,700 compared to Rs ... More

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