Taiwan's economics ministry will ask the cabinet within days to scrap import quotas on private sugar firms in an effort to help ensure a steady supply of the sweetener, industry officials said. The expected proposal

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Sellers of West African crude welcomed on Friday Taiwan's purchase of six million barrels of the region's sweet grades in its February tender, its biggest purchase in three months. Taiwan's Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC) bought

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Gold was steady in Asia on Friday and dealers said they expected it to resume its upward trend in 2005 because of the dollar's gloomy outlook. Gold's three-year Bull Run gathered pace this year, mainly

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The Vietnamese government will give 6,000 tonnes of rice from state reserves to avert food shortages in 12 Central Provinces hit by flash foods and a drought, state media said on Friday. While the rice

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Egypt's main official wheat buyer said on Thursday it had bought 345,000 tonnes of US, Argentine and French wheat for shipment February 1-15. The official from Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) gave Reuters

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Farmers have elected four directors to the Canadian Wheat Board, according to results from a controversial vote. The board said that the outcome showed continued strong support for its monopoly on wheat and barley sales

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Malaysian crude palm oil futures moved within a narrow range on the last day of 2004, ending flat in thin trade as most players were away for the New Year holiday. Traders said better than

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Malaysian government bonds saw few trades in a holiday-thinned market on Friday, but traders predicted fresh gains next month as a weak US dollar stokes speculation of a ringgit revaluation. Speculation that the dollar's slide

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Malaysian government bonds saw few trades in a holiday-thinned market on Friday, but traders predicted fresh gains next month as a weak US dollar stokes speculation of a ringgit revaluation. Speculation that the dollar's slide

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China is considering plans by global agencies including ADB and the International Finance Corp (IFC) to issue a total of 4 billion yuan ($480 million) worth of bonds, but has yet to give final approval,

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