Archive for the May 14, 2017
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Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has announced to shutdown rice mills from Monday if the goods transporter strike issue persists. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday at Karachi Press Club, Mahmood Moulvi Chairman
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Pakistan Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chief Mustafa Kamal on Saturday announced million march towards CM House today (Sunday) in favour of 16-point agenda. Addressing a press conference here, Kamal apprised media personnel that PSP had recently
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India, the world's biggest sugar consumer, has no plans to allow extra imports of the sweetener as stocks held in mills will suffice, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Thursday. Last month, the government
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A movement to replace genetically modified soyabeans with conventional seeds is gaining traction in Brazil's largest soya- producing state of Mato Grosso as farmers anticipate growing demand from Asia and Europe. Brazil was an early
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Cuban exports of refined oil products fell about 97 percent between 2013 and 2016, according to a United Nations trade report released this week, reflecting falling supplies from its political ally Venezuela. The UN Comtrade
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Hedge funds and other money managers cut their net long position in COMEX gold to a six-week low in the week ended May 9, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data showed on Friday. It
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The global sugar market is "firmly on the path to return to surplus" in 2017/18 after two consecutive deficit years, Tropical Research Services (TRS) said in a report on Monday. TRS forecast there would be
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Copper stocks registered with the London Metal Exchange (LME) surged by almost 98,000 tonnes last week. That was down to the mass warranting of 126,150 tonnes in the LME system in the space of just
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The condition of French wheat crops improved slightly last week, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Friday, suggesting that rain had helped parched crops in the European Union's biggest cereal producer. Crops in France had endured
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The US Agriculture Department's first estimate of the 2017/18 corn and soyabean stockpiles could weigh on prices for the rest of the year, adding another blow to both farmers and grain trading companies as they
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