"We have asked the Tea Board to see if we can grow palm in our estates and manufacture palm oil. We need a big area for this", Vivek Goenka, chairman of the ITA, said
Average consumption was the highest in Gujarat at 1,385 gram (g) a year per person
Exports to neighbouring Pakistan, China and Iran went up significantly while the shipments to Germany and CIS countries were down
Brokers favour all the produce to be routed through open auction channels