Walnut exports from India to Europe are threatened by Chinese and US products as the country's largest producer fo the fruit, Jammu and Kashmir, is grappling with raw material supply constraints.


China, US threat to India`s walnut exports

Press Trust of India

Prices of pulses recorded impressive growth in the last financial year in the spot and futures markets on the back of rising interests of traders in commodities exchanges.


Pulses throb on bourses in FY06

Business Standard

Strong fund buying and low inventories on Monday pulled up prices of all metals to new highs; gold, silver and copper led the rally, traders said. 


Metals shine on fund buying

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have raised their stakes in bank and sugar sectors during the quarter ended March 2006.


FIIs up stake in bank, sugar firms

<B>GOLD:</B> The metals price is soaring worldwide, even as hoards begin trumbling out of closets in India


Gold as anchor

India has emerged the largest importer of pepper from Vietnam in March 2006? With 1,902 tonne, the country topped the table of pepper imports from Vietnam last month.


India turns largest importer of Vietnam pepper

The excise duty cut to 12 per cent from 16 per cent is likely to bring down prices. However, the industry expects the impact to be minimal and short-term. 


Duty cut looks good only on paper

FM proposes to increase the customs duty on vanaspati to 80 per cent  the rate applicable to crude palm oil  to protect the domestic vanaspati sector.


CVD levy a messy affair

Steel majors  long and flat product manufacturers  today raised prices in the range of Rs 500-2,000 a tonne, on the back of demand firming up in the domestic as well as the international market.


Steel prices surge on firm demand

A steep hike in garlic exports and a fall in the exports of ginger, coriander and chilli have kept the exports of spices almost steady in terms of value but signalled a drop of 4.6 per cent in volume

Spice exports lose flavour

Domestic vanilla production is estimated to be around 100-120 tonne in the next season, which will mean a slump of 20-30 per cent compared with the last season. This anticipated decline is attributed

Vanilla production may dip 20-30%

Weakness and selling overseas on Tuesday pushed local bullion futures down in Multi Commodity Exchange of Indias second trading session. However, prices might rise because new data from US would

Bullion futures drops on weak overseas trend

Global pricing system SteelBenchmarker to auto generate independent prices.


Uniform pricing for steel from April

Quality issues and low profit margins are likely to pull down the countrys groundnut exports by 20 per cent in 2005-06. 


Peanut exports to drop 20%

The demand for silver in the country fell 50 per cent today as the metals overseas spot price rose overnight to a 22-year high  $10.59 an ounce  pushing up local prices by Rs 270 to Rs 14,750 a kg

Silver at 22-yr peak, demand collapses

In a bid to safeguard the domestic vanaspati sector from duty-free imports under free trade agreements (FTAs), the government has imposed 4 per cent special additional duty on the commoditys imports

Duty on vanaspati from FTA nations

Retail rates in Mumbai pegged at Rs 230-235 a bag.


Cement prices firming up on strong demand

Sugar stocks continue to get sweeter with every passing day. The stocks on Wednesday shot up on the back of a price rise, a fall in global production, increasing use of ethanol and exports to Pakistan

Sugar stocks sweeten on fall in global output

Tracking a recovery in precious metals in global markets, silver futures prices today rose by 0.33% to Rs 40,115 per kg as speculators built up fresh positions amid covering-up of short positions.

Silver futures recover 0.3% on global cues; short-covering

Gold futures prices today recovered by 0.15% to Rs 26,176 per 10 grams as participants created fresh positions, after the precious metal rebounded from its lowest levels since August 2010 in the global market.

Gold futures rebound on global cues; up 0.1%

The Forward Markets Commission (FMC) today tightened trading norms by placing curbs on open positions of commodities in an attempt to duck excess volatility. The new norms come into force with

Commodities trade norms tightened

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