The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 13, 2003

Chennai firms to test new shrimp species cultivation
THE country could soon become the latest entrant to take up cultivation of an exotic species of shrimp, a variety in great demand elsewhere. The species, Litopenaeus vannamei, known in the trade as the pacific white shrimp, a native of the ... More

Expert moots curbs on fishery exports
"PROMOTING fishery exports from developing countries will endanger the nutritional status of poor fish consumers because domestic supplies will decline," Dr John Kurian, Centre of Development Studies (CDS), said. On his return from a recent ... More

PRECIOUS METALS

Budget fineprint on customs duty cut makes an impact — Trading in 10-tola gold bars comes to halt
A FINEPRINT in the Budget on the customs duty cut in gold imports has brought in some problems, at least for now in trading of gold bar. Transactions in the usual 10-tola (116 gm) gold bar have come to a halt because of this but the trade is ... More

FOODGRAINS

Maize seen heading south on rising output — Hoarding blamed for current uptrend
MAIZE (corn) prices are expected to decline in the near future in anticipation of an increase in its production during the 2002-2003 rabi season. The area under maize cultivation during the 2002-2003 rabi season is estimated at 9.42 lakh ... More

COTTON

Calibration cotton users' meet

SILK

Suguna group to foray into sericulture
THE Rs 400-crore poultry major, Suguna group of Udumalpet is expanding its activities to sericulture. The group has planned to promote mulberry-cocoon integrated farming in about 10 zones, which may, at a later stage, be extended to silk ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL

CWC charged with defying vanaspati fiat
THE Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) has allegedly violated the Centre's directive on duty-free vanaspati imports from Nepal under the Indo-Nepal trade treaty, according to industry sources. Contrary to the Centre's decision— adopted ... More

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