Expert group signals foray into oil futures
At the end of a year of zig-zagging oil prices, an experts group drawn from Government and industry plumped for a bold foray into the oil forward and futures market.

Global fisheries output, trade set to nosedive by 2010, says UN food body
The outlook for world fisheries production and trade for the next 10 years is gloomy with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) projections putting seafood production by 2010 ranging between 74 and 114 million tonnes.

Steel firms jump on e-commerce bandwagon
The Internet is changing staid industries with unprecedented efficiency. At present, fragmented industries are establishing centralised marketplaces online.


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  Freight rates seen stable
  Commodity briefing
  Dry weather prevails, pre-monsoon rains normal
  Manufacturers seek review of ISI norms for finished leathers
  Online commodity futures exchange for country soon
  Dumping duty on Chinese imports to push up metronidazole prices to Rs 500 a Kg
  Higher crude oil prices push up benzene 53%
  Fertiliser sector set to tighten belt as Centre gears to lift QRs
  Power subsidy cut for Gujarat farm sector likely
  PM for speeding up Indo-Oman urea project
  Centre's plans to free ATF prices run into rough weather
  PSU's role in cotton futures trading limited
  Anglo American's outlook for 2000 bright
  Merger of agro schemes to build up farm sector tempo
  Aquaculturists on warpath with non-biological bodies
  Gold reacts on borrowed news from Dow, Nasdaq, Opec
  Comex gold hits 7-week low
  Trade case in the US finds economic sense
  `Strong demand, reduced supply has pushed up rough prices'
  Alcoa Inc's interest in WMC is strictly alumina
  Kerala move to halt coconut price fall pays off
  Manganese alloy-makers cheer as world markets rise
  Chinese gold market deregulation in 2001
  Orissa's betel farmers still to recover from cyclone trauma
  IRRI sees lower Asian rice exports in 2020
  Good crop fails to subdue TN watermelon prices
  Canada to work with India to develop diamond mines
  Isreali technology for West Bengal agriculture likely
  Agriculture ministry for scientific development of markets
  West Bengal eyes Nepal, Lanka for potato exports
  First large cardamom sale falls prey to red-tapism
  Rajasthan barley output may fall as rain plays spoilsport,demand from brewers up
  Indian rice exports to fall in 1999-2000
  Absence of Russian buyers pushes down tea exports to 190 m kg in 1999
  Williamson Magor plans slew of tea brand launches
  Scientists declare support to plant biotechnology
  Hydrophonics yet to take off in country
  World markets aflutter as coffee prices plummet
  Delhi to snip agro products' bound rates by 2004