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Pepper Farms raises $1 million in seed funding to grow businessPepper Farms is organising vegetable production by building a network of farms with end-to-end virtual management, customised agronomy, and...
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Sri Lanka’s move to ease exports to India worries pepper industryAny export above the limit is subjected to 8 per cent duty under South Asia Free Trade Agreement.
13 Aug, 2019, 08.56 AM IST
Don’t expect sky-high pepper prices: IPCIndian pepper prices too have fallen below Rs 400 per kg from around Rs 550 per kg a year ago, prompting the centre to impose a minimum imp...
15 Nov, 2018, 08.57 AM IST
Limit Lankan pepper imported under Safta, says trade bodyBoth these agreements were signed when the Sri Lankan production was pegged at 10,000 tonnes.
30 Oct, 2018, 09.55 AM IST
Pepper consortium wants to limit imports under SAFTA from Sri LankaIndia, earlier this year, had imposed a minimum import price of Rs 500 per kg on pepper to protect domestic pepper farmers.
29 Oct, 2018, 07.52 PM IST
Pepper exporters hope Centre will scrap minimum import price to boost tradeKarnataka’s farmers had argued that large-scale imports were pushing down prices.
21 May, 2018, 09.25 AM IST
Pepper traders call for raising import duty of pepper from Sri LankaIt is feared that consignments of Brazilian pepper that has landed in Nhava Sheva port for local market by paying 70% duty but by not payin...
20 Feb, 2018, 07.12 PM IST
Global pepper community calls for steps to boost sectorThe IPC chairman said stringent quality standards in importing countries are "practically difficult" to achieve, particularly in the case o...
23 Nov, 2015, 06.33 PM IST
- Fluctuating pepper prices are a real worry for Indian exporters
“According to our survey and through interaction with farmers, it could be a bumper crop next season probably touching 80,000 tonne."
13 Oct, 2014, 07.30 AM IST
- Cartels will not be allowed to function: FMC
Commodity market regulator FMC today said that cartels will not be allowed to 'use or misuse' futures market.
21 Jan, 2013, 05.24 PM IST
- Pepper soars to new high at Rs 270-78/kg on low output
According to market sources, the prices are set to rise in the coming weeks as the demand-supply gap would further widen due to drastic fal...
01 May, 2011, 01.21 PM IST
- Supply strains could trigger a pepper rally
Global prices seen moving up again on crop shortage in Indonesia, Vietnam, India.
13 Apr, 2009, 04.35 AM IST
- Plunging demand in US, Europe brings pepper prices down
Squeeze in the purchasing power in the US and Europe in the aftermath of downturn in their economy, has come as a boon to black pepper cons...
02 Dec, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Pepper exporters warm up to Vietnam varities
Indian exporters with exposure in black pepper are these days going slow in picking up spices from local mandis. Instead, they are preferri...
28 May, 2008, 03.36 AM IST