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08 Aug 2012
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India’s newly elected President Pranab Mukherjee has called on expansion of trade and investment between India and Fiji. Mukherjee expressed happiness that India’s development experience was being shared with Fiji through training slots for its nationals and scholarships for students. Mukherjee also referred to the assistance being provided by India in agriculture and healthcare sectors as well as in the sugar industry, and cooperation in the field of defense. |
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08 Aug 2012
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The Government’s (GoI) initiative to bring down burgeoning wheat stocks in the central pool through exports, is in its first stage of implementation.
Three tenders for the export of approximately 0.25 million tonnes of “milling wheat” opened last week (August 3) by public sector undertakings, PEC/STC/MMTC met with an excellent response.
There was expression of open interest of 1.27 million tonnes from international buyers, with quotes around $300/ tonne (f.o.b) Rs 16,800 for “2012-13 crop”, from the west coast of India. |
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08 Aug 2012
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Amidst improving trade relations, commerce secretaries of Pakistan and India are expected to meet soon, according to India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal. However, he would not say when the meeting would take place. The two commerce secretaries were due in May – but the meeting was delayed after Islamabad pressed New Delhi for more trade concessions. |
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08 Aug 2012
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India's Union Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles Anand Sharma Tuesday met Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile Alfredo Moreno, and expressed satisfaction at the very strong political, diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries. The ministers recognised the role of the various MoUs and the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) in the growing economic ties between the two countries. |
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Market Watch |
Commodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 07-08-2012
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Domestic Prices |
Unit Price : Rs/Qtl |
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Product |
Market Center |
Variety |
Min Price |
Max Price |
Maize |
1 |
Banswada (A.P.) |
Deshi Red |
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1300 |
2 |
Khedbrahma (Gujarat) |
Other |
1360 |
1385 |
3 |
Khanina (Haryana) |
Other |
1000 |
1000 |
4 |
Annur (Tamil Nadu) |
Other |
1375 |
1425 |
Paddy(Dhan) |
1 |
Lanka (Assam) |
Paddy |
850 |
900 |
2 |
Surajpur (Chattisgarh) |
I.R. 36 |
1120 |
1120 |
3 |
Betnoti (Orissa) |
Other |
1080 |
1080 |
4 |
Jaitsar (Rajasthan) |
Other |
2300 |
2300 |
Grapes |
1 |
Kolar (Karnataka) |
Black |
2800 |
3400 |
2 |
Kondotty (Kerala) |
Other |
3800 |
4000 |
3 |
Azadpur (NCT of Delhi) |
Black |
3600 |
4000 |
4 |
Muktsar (Punjab) |
Other |
5000 |
6000 |
Brinjal |
1 |
Narnaund (Haryana) |
Other |
1000 |
1200 |
2 |
Alleppey (Kerala) |
Round |
1200 |
1400 |
3 |
Kolhapur (Maharashtra) |
Other |
500 |
2300 |
4 |
Lakhimpur (U.P.) |
Brinjal |
1090 |
1110 |
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Price on 07-08-2012 |
Product |
Market Center |
Price |
1 |
Chittoor |
291 |
2 |
Mysore |
286 |
3 |
Vijayawada |
259 |
4 |
Hyderabad |
261 |
Source:www.e2necc.com |
International Prices |
Unit Price : US$ / package |
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Price on 07-08-2012 |
Product |
Market Center |
Origin |
Variety |
Low |
High |
Onions Dry |
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Package: 40 lb cartons |
1 |
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27.50 |
27.50 |
2 |
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36.50 |
36.50 |
3 |
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28.50 |
28.50 |
Bananas |
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Package: 15 lb cartons |
1 |
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Baby |
11.50 |
11.50 |
2 |
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Baby |
10 |
11 |
3 |
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Baby |
14 |
14 |
Peas Green |
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Package: 10 lb cartons |
1 |
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Snow Peas |
16 |
17 |
2 |
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Snow Peas |
21 |
24 |
3 |
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Snow Peas |
15 |
17.50 |
Source:USDA |
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