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Exports From India Surge As Demands From EU And USA Grow
03 Feb 2011
 India\'s exports increased by 36.4% in December,2010 to touch the figure of $22.5 billion according to the latest data released by the Ministry of Commerce. This is India\'s best performance in 33 months and this increase has been attributed to the enhanced demand for Indian goods in US and EU. |
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FDI in agro-processing fine, but not in farming
03 Feb 2011
Even as the Centre is mulling over allowing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the retail sector, Union Agriculture and Food Processing Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday categorically ruled out the possibility of FDI in farming. |
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Miyazaki culls 154,000 chickens at latest bird flu-hit farm
03 Feb 2011
 The Miyazaki prefectural government culled about 154,000 chickens Wednesday at a poultry farm
in the city of Miyazaki after confirming the seventh bird flu outbreak in the southwestern Japan prefecture this winter. Aichi, Shimane and Kagoshima prefectures have so far managed to contain infections to one farm each, while the total number of chickens culled in Miyazaki Prefecture so far has risen to over 700,000. |
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Indo-African Summit launched at IIP, training in packaging of fresh and processed foods
will be disseminated
0 3Feb 2011
 In a bid to consider modalities for bolstering ties between India and Africa in political, social, economic, science, technology, trade relations, the Government of India has selected Indian Institute of Packaging, the premier packaging institute in the country, to conduct a 15-day Indo-Africa Summit, a residential training programme for packaging of fresh and processed food products. |
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Other News |
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Commodities Buzz: India Unlikely To Re-Launch Rice Futures Soon |
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Egypt's worries bother wheat exporters |
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Japan Purchases 77,885 Tons of Feed Barley in Tender |
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Will Ukraine have record-breaking seed potato imports again? |
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India soybean jumps 2 pct, soyoil hits contract high |
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Market Watch |
Commodity-wise, Market-wise Daily Price on 03-02-2011
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Domestic Prices |
Unit Price : Rs/Qtl |
Product |
Market Center |
Variety |
Min Price |
Max Price |
| Rice |
1 |
Khatra(West Bengal) |
Other |
2000 |
2200 |
2 |
Azamgarh(U. P.) |
Other |
1415 |
1435 |
3 |
Kothavalasa(A. P.) |
Rice-1001 |
1800 |
1850 |
4 |
Padampur(Orissa) |
Other |
2400 |
2500 |
| Onion |
1 |
Kotkapura(Punjab) |
Nasik |
|
1700 |
2 |
Kollam(Kerala) |
Big |
2600 |
2800 |
3 |
Azamgarh(U. P.) |
Other |
1690 |
1710 |
4 |
Pundri(Haryana) |
Other |
3000 |
3500 |
| Wheat |
1 |
Khatra(West Bengalt) |
Other |
2000 |
2200 |
2 |
Gajsinghpur(Rajasthan) |
Other |
1208 |
1215 |
3 |
Padampur(Orissa) |
Other |
1700 |
1800 |
4 |
Azamgarh(U. P.) |
Other |
1170 |
1190 |
| Potato |
1 |
Giridih(Jharkhand) |
Potato |
600 |
650 |
2 |
Khatra(West Bengal) |
Jyoti |
300 |
400 |
3 |
Anandpur Sahib(Punjab) |
Chandermukhi |
200 |
300 |
4 |
Azamgarh(U.P.) |
Other |
450 |
470 |
Source: www.agmarknet.nic.in |
| Egg Price on 03-02-2011 |
Product |
Market Center |
Price |
1 |
Chennai |
248 |
2 |
Delhi |
220 |
3 |
Namakkal |
247 |
4 |
Luknow |
248 |
| Source: www.e2necc.com |
International Prices |
Unit Price : US$ / package |
Product |
Market Center |
Variety |
Low |
High |
| Onion Dry |
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Package: 50 lb sacks |
1 |
Michigan |
Yellow |
19 |
20 |
2 |
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Yellow |
28 |
28 |
3 |
Mexico |
Yellow |
20 |
20 |
4 |
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Yellow |
|
17 |
| Potato |
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Package: 50 lb cartons |
1 |
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Russet |
27 |
28 |
2 |
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Russet |
18 |
20.50 |
3 |
Wisconsin |
Russet |
14 |
14.50 |
4 |
California |
Russet |
29.50 |
29.50 |
| Source: USDA |
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