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16 Jan 2013
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Ahead of the pre-budget meeting with finance minister, P Chidambaram, on Wednesday, exporters sought refund of certain state levies and setting up of an export development bank to make Indian exports competitive, ensure availability of easy and cheap credit to exporters. “Exports are burdened with the incidence of state and local levies.These levies are making our exports more uncompetitive. Therefore, taxes like VAT, sales tax on petroleum products and octroi should be refunded,” Rafeeque Ahmed, president of the Federation of Indian Export Organisation said, adding that the move would provide two-three per cent benefit to exporters, particularly to those dealing in commodities. |
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16 Jan 2013
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India has asked South Africa to fast track pest analysis of mangoes to enable export to take place quickly. The issue was raised by Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma during his meeting with South African counterpart Rob Davies at Johannesburg, an official in the Commerce Ministry said.
"India has requested that the concerned South African Authorities, who are in the process of conducting Pest Risk Analysis for import of mangoes from India, may expedite the process and consider granting market access to Indian mangoes as our request of market access is pending for a long time now," the official said. |
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16 Jan 2013
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In a bid to strengthen business, trade and industry relations between the Netherlands and India, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the consul general of Netherlands and the Nashik Industries and Manufacturers’ Association (NIMA) on Tuesday. The MoU was signed by BB Bansal, commercial advisor, Consulate General of the Kingdom of Netherlands and Dhananjay Bele, president, NIMA in Nashik. nsul general Maria Little, who was impressed by the district’s agriculture potential after a recent visit, had taken special efforts so that the MoU could be signed. |
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16 Jan 2013
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has opened a special window to provide exporters with dollar credit by allowing banks to borrow the greenback from the central bank under a swap facility.Banks will buy dollars from the RBI for tenures of 3 or 6 months, up to a combined total of USD 6.5 billion, with each having specific limit of how much it can borrow at a rate decided by the central bank. |
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Market Watch |
Commodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 15-01-2013
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Domestic Prices |
Unit Price : Rs/Qtl |
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Product |
Market Center |
Variety |
Min Price |
Max Price |
Maize |
1 |
Gollapally (Andhra Pradesh) |
Local |
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1200 |
2 |
Ambikapur (Chattisgarh) |
Local |
1180 |
1355 |
3 |
Amreli (Gujarat) |
Other |
1310 |
1515 |
Paddy(Dhan) |
1 |
Allagadda (Andhra Pradesh) |
Paddy |
1300 |
1500 |
2 |
Chakulia (Jharkhand) |
Other |
1000 |
1100 |
3 |
Belthangdi (Karnataka) |
Paddy |
1200 |
1680 |
Apple |
1 |
Asandh (Haryana) |
Other |
4500 |
5500 |
2 |
Solan
(Himachal Pradesh) |
Other |
4000 |
7000 |
3 |
Abohar (Punjab) |
Apple |
2700 |
4450 |
Potato |
1 |
Bowenpally (Andhra Pradesh) |
Potato |
500 |
1100 |
2 |
Kharupetia (Assam) |
Local |
1000 |
1200 |
3 |
Rajkot (Gujarat) |
Other |
900 |
1900 |
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Price on 15-01-2013 |
Product |
Market Center |
Price |
1 |
Delhi |
360 |
2 |
Hyderabad |
335 |
3 |
Mumbai |
367 |
Source:www.e2necc.com |
International Benchmark Price |
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Price as on: 14-01-2012 |
Product |
Benchmark Indicators Name |
Price |
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1 |
Nigerian split, CIF NW Europe (USD/t) |
2400 |
2 |
Chinese sliced, CIF NW Europe (USD/t) |
3000 |
3 |
Indian Cochin, CIF NW Europe (USD/t) |
3500 |
Guar Gum Powder |
1 |
Indian 100 mesh 3500 cps, FOB Kandla (USD/t) |
7890 |
2 |
Indian 200 mesh 3500 cps basis, FOB Kandla (USD/t) |
7510 |
3 |
Indian 200 mesh 3500 cps technical grade, FOB Kandla (USD/t) |
7735 |
Peanuts |
1 |
US 40/50 CFR NW Europe (USD/t) |
2400 |
2 |
Argentinean 38/42 runners CFR NW Europe (USD/t) |
1400 |
3 |
Argentinean 40/50 runners CFR NW Europe (USD/t) |
1330 |
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Other International Prices |
Unit Price : US$ / package |
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Price on 15-01-2013 |
Product |
Market Center |
Origin |
Variety |
Low |
High |
Onions Dry |
Package: 50 lb sacks |
1 |
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14 |
14 |
2 |
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12 |
12 |
3 |
Boston |
Nevada |
Yellow |
28 |
30 |
Apples |
Package: cartons tray pack |
1 |
Atlanta |
Washington |
Red Delicious |
26 |
27 |
2 |
Baltimore |
Virginia |
Red Delicious |
24 |
24 |
3 |
Boston |
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Red Delicious |
26 |
26 |
Carrots |
Package: cartons 30 1-lb film bags |
1 |
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California |
Baby Peeled |
37.50 |
37.50 |
2 |
Chicago |
California |
Baby Peeled |
22.50 |
23.50 |
3 |
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26 |
27 |
Source:USDA |
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