The production cost of arecanut in India is around Rs 46 a kg. But if you import the commodity, you can get it for around Rs 13.5 a kg.
Exports of jewellery from India have gone up 32 per cent in the last two months ended May thanks to increasing demand and sale diamonds abroad.
A leading global investment advisor has warned that the commodity market bubble could burst at some stage and prices will tumble.
Global cotton prices may be hit by a record production in China this year.
India's JSW Steel has been awarded more than 5.4 million carbon credits, including four million carbon credits in the single largest issuance of emissions permits to a Kyoto Protocol project, by the United Nations.
India's bumper sugar production has caused ripples in the global market with other producers wondering whether the Indian commodity will reach their export markets in the world.
India has drawn up big plans to increase its production of basic food items to reduce its costly imports.
Yet another feather in Andhra Pradesh's crown. The state is all set to get an exclusive horticulture university.
It is double whammy for cardamom growers in Kerala's Idukki district this year.
Coffee production in India is likley to come down for the 2006-07, even as the government is taking initiatives to boost to the troubled coffee industry.
India's guar gum exporters are facing discrimination in the Chinese market with the Dragon country allowing duty exemptions to the commodity coming from Pakistan.
Rubber futures trading has further invited flak from natural rubber producers and consumers in the country.
Efforts to revive tea gardens in India have received a boost following the launch of the first round of special purpose tea fund loans to Assam on Monday.
A joint venture agreement between GAIL (India) Limited and China Gas Holdings Limited to foray into natural gas
China has grown leaps and bounds in the dairy sector. In its latest achievement, China has overtaken Russia and Pakistan to become the third largest producer of dairy products in the world after India and the US.
India's chilli exports are likely to decline by 64 percent in 2007-08 due to fall in production, according to the Spices Board.
Faced with a steep rise in prices and an anticipated shortfall in production, traders across the country have called for a ban on onion exports.
Assam is embracing organic farming in a big way with the help of central government.
India has a long history of commodity futures trading, dating back to more than 125 years.
If things go according to the plans of the Indian government, Mumbai may rob Belgium's Antwerp, currently the world's top diamond destination, of its priced position.
