Archive for February, 2005

INDIA’S Spices Board (ISB) has further extended the airfreight assistance of Rs45 ($1.02) a kg for cardamom exports to West Asian countries up to February 28 in order to make the Indian product competitive in overseas markets. In a bid to boost exports of cardamom and attract a consequent increase in prices, the ISB introduced […]

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DAILY trading volumes on India’s three nationallevel multi-commodity futures exchanges suggest that they are multi only in name. While the Multi-Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) seems to be primarily specialising in bullion trading, the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (Ncdex) has emerged as an agri-products – and particularly guar – exchange , while the National […]

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