The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, December 05, 2007

INSIGHT
Sugar facts, revisited
I am thankful to Mr S. L. Jain, the Director-General of ISMA for having gone through my article “How true is the sugar sector’s Catch-22 situation?” (Business Line, November 14). I am also grateful ... More

RUBBER
Spot rubber prices improve
Kottayam, Dec. 4 The domestic rubber prices improved despite a weak closing in global indices. The January futures for RSS 3 moved down further to ¥252.7 from ¥255 a kg at TOCOM. The grade slipped to Rs 95.79 a kg from Rs 96.44 at ... More

SUGAR
Jaggery loses ground on cane diversion
Mumbai, Dec. 4 Gur (jaggery) futures continued to lose ground and fell 2.98 per cent to Rs 378 per 40 kg in NCDEX on Tuesday. “Delay in crushing of cane by sugar mills has prompted the cane farmers in Uttar Pradesh to divert their cane ... More

TEA
Limited internal demand at Coimbatore tea auctions
Coimbatore, Dec 4 The total offerings at the Coimbatore Tea Trade Association crossed the 5 lakh kg mark, with leaf grades accounting for 1.94 lakh kg and the balance of the dust.There was fair demand for the orthodox leaf. CIS shippers ... More

McLeod, Moran Tea merger at 4:1
The boards of directors of both McLeod Russel India Ltd and Moran Tea Company (India) Ltd at meetings here on Tuesday approved the ratio at which the shares will be swapped following the earlier decision on amalgamation of Moran Tea with McLeod ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Low prices force vanilla growers to neglect plants
Kochi, Dec. 4 Growers having lost confidence in cultivating vanilla following continuous fall in its prices, which have now touching abysmal levels. They have resorted to neglecting or rather abandoning plants which appear to be no longer ... More

Pepper futures decline; volatility persists
Kochi, Dec. 4 Pepper futures market after witnessing high volatility during the day has eventually fell to bearish activities. All the contracts declined on Tuesday. The market was being run on “buy calls” and “sell ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Maharashtra mills bullish on raw sugar exports
Hopeful of shipping 22 lakh tonnes of raw & white sugar More

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