The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, October 17, 2006

RUBBER
TOCOM buoys spot rubber
Sharp gains were recorded in spot rubber prices on Monday. Buoyant overseas futures especially TOCOM followed by strong gains in precious metals and oil futures coupled with yens weakness against dollar catalysed the domestic price rise over the ... More

TEA
Price war
SURPRISE REDUCTION: A vendor selling locally processed dust tea at Rs 20 for 250 gm on a street in Kochi, Kerala. The packet tea market in the country, worth Rs 4,000 crore, is all set to witness a price war as some major players, such as Tata ... More

Mixed trend at Kochi tea sale
Mixed trends were visible at the Kochi Tea Auction, which had 10.62 lakh kg of dust tea on offer. Prices of CTC varieties were irregular and eased by Rs 1-2 as buyers chased quality. Blenders were selective, while medium varieties witnessed good ... More

COTTON
Cotton Corpn, Nafed brace up to buy cotton in Gujarat
Procurement to be made in 88 centres from October 27 at support price More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
8 lakh tonnes of soyameal contracted for exports
Bean arrivals peak in markets; price to stabilise after Diwali More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures move up on speculation
Pepper futures continued their upward trend on Monday on speculative activities. October delivery, which was being sold at a discount, went up as the speculators started buying. Other positions also closed above last Saturday's ... More

India top pepper supplier to US
The US imports of pepper during January-August this year has gone up by 3 per cent with India topping as the major supplier of ground pepper. India, according to industry sources, has also improved its exports of whole black pepper to the US. ... More

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