&nbsp;It'll be in the range of last year when India exported 200 mn kg: Tea Board.
&nbsp;The tea industry in the country is unlikely to witness a significant surge in exports.

Tea exports to remain flat in '08

Business Standard

Coffee bar chains such as Cafe Coffee Day and Barista are sending shivers down the spine of tea traders and manufacturers of western India.

WITDA: Tea losing ground to coffee

Gold prices are likely to moderate this week in the absence of firm buying from physical traders, especially in India, the world&#39;s largest consumer.

Yellow metal may lose lustre

The chilli futures are expected to remain range-bound this week on the back of strong export demand, mainly from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Malaysia.

Chilli to be range-bound

Strong demand from domestic and overseas quarters pushed up the prices of maize futures last week.

Maize prices to remain firm

Enthused by the response from retailers and traders, MCX has withdrawn vaulting charges for its gold guinea, which is a mini contract that can be traded in eight gram units.

MCX removes vaulting charges on gold guinea

Press Trust of India

The continued rise in the prices of natural rubber in the current financial year has set the Rs 19,000-crore tyre industry behind by almost Rs 1,000 crore.

High rubber prices dent tyre industry profits

Lack of reliable data on crop output and the area under spice cultivation in India pose hurdles in developing credible market intelligence and output forecasting systems, M Tamil Selvan, director of Kozhikode-based Arecanut and Spices Development Directorate said on Friday.

Spices body head says reliable data lacking

Despite buyers&#39; apprehension on placing fresh orders ahead of the monsoon season, prices of sponge iron, an important raw material for steel manufacturing, is unlikely to decline from its current levels.

Sponge iron at rock bottom

Asian stocks fell the most in six weeks, with all 10 industry groups in the region&#39;s benchmark index declining, on concern that rising raw material costs and slowing consumer spending will cut profits.

Asian stocks decline

Futures trading in rubber did not benefit any stakeholder, led to price volatility, and was &#34essentially used by speculators for their profit&#34, Rajiv Budhraja, director general, Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA), said in an interview.

Rubber futures led to price volatility: ATMA

Known for tobacco and banana cultivation, farmers in central Gujarat have shifted to grape in the last two years.

Central Gujarat farmers shifting to grape farming

Barley prices continue to rule high on the back of huge demands from the overseas market.

Higher demand pushes barley past Rs 1300

Asian stocks rose for the first time in six days, rebounding from a slump that left share prices at the cheapest relative to earnings in five weeks.

Asian stocks rebound

Though fortune is smiling on India&#39;s spices export sector with income crossing $1 billion in 2007-08 (Apr-Mar), exporters and industry experts are stressing quality and reliability as the key to long-term growth.

Quality remains a key to spice exports

Kurukkupotta Kandai Vasu&#39;s family has grown rice in Kerala for four generations.

Farmers abandon paddies, deepening global shortage

Sometimes two things look pretty much the same, like a Cartier diamond and a Home Shopping Network cubic zirconia.

American ethanol isn`t up to Brazilian smackdown

The government today partly relaxed the ban on cement exports, which was imposed on April 11 to improve the availability of the commodity in the country.

Cement export ban eased partially

The domestic cement industry has assured price stability while welcoming a government&#39;s decision to lift ban on exports of the building material from Gujarat.

Prices set to remain stable

China, which may overtake South Africa as the world&#39;s largest gold producer, has discovered five major bullion deposits, the China Gold Association said.

China discovers five major deposits

Gold may rise to more than $1,100 an ounce this year due to increasing investment demand, London-based research organisation GFMS Chairman Philip Klapwijk said.

May rise beyond $1,100: GFMS

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