Ban on US-EU import of meat & poultry products could, if we get active, allow us to access a $128-billion market.
Vegetables account for 5.44 per cent of the Consumer Price Index.
The fall in global prices resulted in a drastic decline in the Food Price Index compiled by the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization. Based on the prices of a basket of internationally traded food commodities, the FAO Food Price Index averaged at 203.9 points in July, down 4.4 per cent (2.1 percentage point) from a revised value in June. This level was seen earlier in January, at 203.2 points.
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India eats 1.2 million tonnes of onions a month and the current stock will last till the end of August.
The auditors have discovered lack of confirmation of balances from 14 overseas buyers as claimed by Winsome Diamonds.
De Beers, the world's premier source for rough diamonds, has painted an attractive picture for jewellery demand.
The 80:20 rule mandates importers to channel at least 20% of the import quantity for jewellery exports.
A Delhi University alumnus with an MBA in finance and a doctorate, Vaish started his career as a banker in 1984, became an academician a few years later and joined the capital market in 1998.
Govt clamps have resulted in 93% decline in April-November
Lasalgaon, Pimpalgaon mandis halt auctions to arrest the decline.
Import of jewellery from Hong Kong attracts no duty in India, due to a free trade agreement.
To restrict onion exports and help cut prices in the domestic market, the government had gradually raised the MEP to $1,150 a tonne from $650 a tonne a few months earlier.
The India Pulses and Grains Association estimates production of kharif pulses at seven mt this year.
Govt floated import tender, allowed import without fumigation.
Increased harvesting is expected to boost supply
The 91.9 per cent slide in the stock price of Gitanjali Gems since April has depleted the value of promoter Mehul Choksi's holding in the company by at least Rs 17 crore (Rs 170 million) a day on an average.
Supply through recycling of used gold declined to around 10 tonnes in the second quarter of the current calendar year.
The price of export quality lady's finger, for example, shot up 150 per cent in two weeks to close on Thursday at Rs 40 a kg against Rs 16 a kg on September 16 in the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee, Vashi, near Mumbai.
At nine-month high, current prices attractive; consumers want to cash in before a correction
Govt restrictions on import biting deep; trade petitions for relief with units, workers idling.
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