The Hindu Business Line : Friday, October 25, 2002

Commodity futures meet to focus on global issues
TO realise the goal of tapping India's vast untapped growth potential in agriculture with the help of futures market, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has organised an international conference on `Commodity ... More

STORAGE

Silo manufacturers target small farmers
SILO manufacturers are trying hard to sell the concept as a boon to small farmers in the country. The biggest challenge is to change the perception that silos are meant only for bulk handling and huge quantities, says Mr Saahil Saif of APE ... More

RUBBER

Rubber exporters plan warehouse in US
INDIAN rubber goods exporters, taking a cue from the practices adopted by their counterparts in China for greater market access in the US, should immediately think of creating warehouse facilities in the buyers' territory. Talking about the ... More

Rubber falls as buyers keep off
RUBBER prices declined further on reports that buyers were staying back from the market at time when the inflow to the market picked up considerably. The supply position improved following reports of panic in some quarters that the current ... More

SUGAR

Jaggery traders intensify stir
JAGGERY traders in Andhra Pradesh have intensified their agitation in protest against "indiscriminate'' raids by the Excise Department on sales of black jaggery on the ground that it was being used for manufacture of illicit liquid. The jaggery ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS

Visakha dairy to reach more areas in East Godavari
THE Visakha co-operative dairy is making inroads into East Godavari district also as the Godavari co-operative dairy has become sick, Mr A. Tulasi Rao, Chairman, has said. It was consolidating its position as the largest co-operative dairy in ... More

COIR

Coir to replace wood for `clean growth'
COIR can contribute to promotion of clean energy and for development of cleaner and more efficient environment technologies as it can substitute wood, thereby preventing felling of tropical trees, experts said. The alarming decline in the ... More

JUTE

Cheating case against jute broking firm
RAKHECHA Trading Co, a leading raw jute broking firm, has been chargesheeted by the Kolkata Police after four years of investigations for cheating a raw jute dealer during 1995-97. Mr Parashram Mundra, the raw jute dealer from Nadia district in ... More

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