Category: Agriculture

The Rs20, 000 per MT surcharge was imposed in February last year to arrest a downward pressure on nut prices, boosting farm gate prices for nuts. While providing much needed relief for growers, the latter half of last year saw a sharp drop in export volumes of desiccated coconut(DC), a 40 percent decline over 2000 quote […]

Volumes shipped in this period have reached the 271.9 mn kilo mark, a 3.5 percent jump on the 262 mn kilos shipped in 2000. If anything, loss of working days during the election may be the only constraint in reaching the 288 mn kilo target, brokers said.The value of exports at Rs. 56 bn has […]