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Anand Rathi Stock Broker's Naveen Mathur termed the fall in past two sessions surprising.

Gujarat is the largest castor seeds producing state.

India accounts for 85 per cent of the global castor seed output.

Castor oil and meal export remained subdued during the current marketing year.

On March 27 (Monday) when the special margin kicked in the near month castor futures fell by 3.3% to Rs 4,635Q a quintal (100 kg).

The commodity kicked off trading at around Rs 3,850 per quintal and market experts believe it can touch Rs 4,200 level in the coming months.

India annually produces 12-19 lakh tonne of castor seed. Castor oil, used in industrial applications, is extracted from its seed.

Castor prices are expected to see a correction in the coming days with harvesting picking up across Gujarat, a big producer having a share ...

Widespread rains in the state, especially in the castor seed belt of north Gujarat, have raised hopes of higher sowing of castor seed.

Scanty rains, global demand take castorseed prices to record high.

Higher demand from the US, China and Europe has resulted in the higher prices for castor. The commodity and its derived oil is increasingly...

Despite being the leader in castor production, India is yet to make its presence felt in the market for value-added castor products.

High demand for castor seed from China and less area under castor cultivation is likely to push the castor price in the coming weeks.

With castor production in India - the world’s largest producer - expected to drop to 6-7 lakh tonnes in ’06 from 9 lakh tonnes last year.

Poor castor crops in China and Brazil, the other major castor oil exporting countries besides India, could see Gujarat reaping a rich harve...

Domestic castor oil producers and traders, especially in Gujarat, are praying for a lower castor crop in the coming kharif season as high i...