As many as nine countries – including Ethiopia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Qatar, Oman, Yemen and Jordan – have requested India to supply about 1 million tonne (MT) of wheat in the wake of a ban on the grain’s exports from May 13 but the entire demand is unlikely to be fulfilled, official and trade sources told […]
Retail prices of wheat, edible oils and tomato have witnessed sharpest spike in the last one year while the rates of pulses such as chana and tur have declined.Traders say that factors such as heat waves during March-April have adversely impacted the yield of wheat and tomato, thus pushing up prices while global spike in […]
India shipped out as much as 11.3 lakh tonnes of wheat in May, of which 4-5 lakh tonnes were despatched after a ban on the grain’s exports was imposed on May 13, sources told FE. The total shipment of the grain in May was close to 3 times of the level a year before. Indonesia […]
India is exploring possibilities of wheat exports this fiscal to a clutch of countries. While it is in talks with Egypt and Turkey on the quantum of shipments and the quality standards, Nicaragua and Syria have shown interest in sourcing grain through a government-to-government (G2G) arrangement, according to official sources. Syria and Nicaragua have requested […]