Steel exports up 23% despite duty barriers
The Union steel minister, Braja Kishore Tripathy has appended his note as well, to the business agenda that accompanies the Prime Minister to the United States.

Food security hinges on fertiliser availability, says Spic chairman
Food security is directly linked to fertiliser security and the new fertiliser policy, expected to be announced by this year end, should aim at self-sufficiency in fertilisers, says SPIC chairman and senior vice-president of Ficci A C Muthiah.

Edible oil industry seeks duty hike for imports
The edible oil industry has urged the government to raise import duties on edible oil further to check its unabated inflow. The industry has argued that there was enough scope to bring about a duty hike while staying within the WTO framework.


  Nepal vanaspati imports to touch 1.2 lakh tonnes
  Rajasthan farmers irked over Centre's apathy
  Cabinet clears open market sale of 30 lt of rice
  RBD palm oil still unable to hold ground
  English veggies find a place in Chennaites' banana leaf
  Centre's indecision on duty hike has edible oil market in a tizzy
  Rising edible oil imports pose a threat to domestic producer
  Castorseed futures head towards an efficient market
  Plea for framing regulations on imported teas
  Sugar industry plans to re-establish itself in the export market
  Rubber inter-cropping to stop the falling yield growth
  For the cardamom industry, more is not merrier!
  Study shows shift from traditional sweeteners to white sugar
  Low prices revive European cocoa trade
  Is retention right answer for falling coffee prices and stagnant exports?
  Diamond industry welcomes Rio Tinto's counterbid against De Beers
  NM Rothschilds predicts gold demand, price jump in 2001
  India International Jewellery show 2000 in Mumbai likely to boost export
  Falling rupee fails to heal domestic steel sector
  Comex copper tiptoes higher ahead of the holiday
  TN emerging as leading footwear design centre
  Freight rates to remain volatile
  Gold Deposit Scheme -- Tax sops for the taking
  China alumina producers cut domestic prices
  MP, west Orissa, Kutch may not get normal rainfall
  Petro-futures risk may be limited to forex inflow
  Low price offers hit Mahacot's cotton export efforts the second time
  Stoppage of imports may help caustic soda industry bloom
  Coordination vital for food processing industry
  India to limit size of LNG import terminals
  Biotechnology could help cut coir bleaching costs
  Sowing of cardamon may be completed early
  PSF registers negative growth of 2.7 per cent in first-quart
  Biotechnology can help India make most of marine biodiversity
  Payment problems loom large over leather industry
  Phenol prices jump 22%on high crude prices
  A clarification
  Executive briefing