Malaysia palmoil down as India talks of duty hikes
Malaysian palm oil futures gave back their morning gains and closed lower last week as the market was dragged down by talk that India would announce a hike in import duties on edible oils very soon.

Tea industry must go for innovation -- PAT chief
With youth in India increasingly shifting towards soft drinks, tea industry has to go for product innovation, an important recipe in the competitive market, according to DP Maheshwari, chairman of the Planters' Association of Tamil Nadu.

Impressive iron and steel exports in last decade
Post-deregulation, Indian iron and steel industry saw an impressive export performance in the past decade, with total exports of the finished products rising from a base as low as 0.3 million tonnes (MT) to over 3.1 MT in 1999-2000.


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