Archive for July 29th, 2008

Dry spell in Maharashtra may bring down soyabean output

The Economic Times
India imports over 40% of its vegetable oils requirement, mainly in the form of palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia and soya oil from Brazil and Argentina.


Copal Partners expands operations to South America

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Moneycontrol >> News
Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Rishi Khosla CEO, Copal Partners said, “Since
its inception in 2002, Copal has grown at an exponential rate of over
200 percent year-on-year. We have been able to sustain this growth due
to our long term focus. We have always provided our customers with
solutions to meet their growing needs, [...]


Uruguay record year for farm production and export

Mercopress
Farm production in Uruguay will consolidate its sixth year running of expansion, 66.5% since 2002, and farm exports are forecasted to reach 4.2 billion US dollars, a 51% increase over last year, according to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture Programming and Policies Office, OPYPA.
The report points out that farm exports will increase in [...]


World trade talks fail as US clashes with new giants

Scotsman.com News
MARATHON talks for a new global trade deal collapsed last night after a clash over agriculture between the United States, the world’s biggest economy, and emerging heavyweights.
The breakdown came on the ninth day as the US and India failed to find a compromise on measures intended to help poor countries protect their farmers against [...]


Uruguay’s beautiful beaches

CNN.com
People who know anything about this small country across the Rio de la Plata from Argentina usually know of a few major spots: the capital, Montevideo, the historic town of Colonia and the ritzy beach town of Punta del Este. I had been to the top three, but this trip I wanted to find out [...]


Global, Indian sugar prices set to surge

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The Hindu Business Line :
India is likely to play a key role in lending strength to international prices.Deteriorating prospects for sugar crops in two of the world’s largest producers Brazil and India, combined with the world’s largest importer Russia re-entering the market have meant that the price weakness will soon become a [...]


Now, India-Brazil partnership high on pharma tie-ups

Financial express
India and Brazil have joined hands to promote business interest between the two countries in the pharma sector. “Brazil and India together can herald the next era for the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector” was the general sentiment that was echoed at the India Brazil Seminar on Health and Medication organized by CII on Monday.
José [...]


Australian coal exporter looks to India

Since India’s economic growth is driven mostly by domestic demand, and its infrastructure spending is pegged between $350 and $500 billion in the next five years, any global economic slowdown will not put a significant dent in the purchase of commodities critical to infrastructure build-out. Latin American exporters, take note.Coal exporter looks to India
“We [...]