Amid Ukraine muddle, global prices for wheat surge 3% to $290-300 a tonneRussia’s standoff with the West over Ukraine and the threat of sanctions by the US seem to have come as a boon for Indian wheat traders.
20 Mar, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
India exports 5 lakh tonnes wheat in last 5 monthsIndia has exported 5,00,000 tonnes of surplus wheat in the last five months with neighbouring Bangladesh buying a major portion of total sh...
27 Jan, 2014, 01.44 AM IST
State Trading Corporation gets many takers for government wheat tenderSTC won highest bid from Swiss-based Vitol which quoted $282.62 a tonne to export 50,000 tonne wheat.
09 Jan, 2014, 05.00 AM IST
Government's new series of tenders for wheat exports may evoke poor responseGovernment's new series of tenders for wheat exports opening from Wednesday may evoke a tepid response from private traders amid weak globa...
08 Jan, 2014, 05.15 AM IST
FCI expects to earn Rs 3,400 cr from wheat exportsThe tenders for export of 9.9 LT of wheat have already been floated by the three trading firms, of which tenders for about 4 LT have alread...
17 Dec, 2013, 05.52 PM IST
PEC receives highest bid at $281.50 for wheat exportPEC received six bids for its tender to export 70,000 tonnes of wheat from FCI godowns, with highest price quoted at $281.50 per tonne.
16 Dec, 2013, 06.34 PM IST
PSUs float global wheat export tenders for 1.95 lakh tonnesSTC is offering wheat from FCI stocks at Chennai port, MMTC from Pipavav port and PEC from Krishnapatnam port. The grain is of the current ...
01 Dec, 2013, 01.14 PM IST
Lukewarm response to wheat export tendersThe bids are invalid as the quotes were below the floor price of $300 a tonne set by the government.
04 Oct, 2013, 06.26 PM IST
FCI to sell 2 million tonnes of wheat in international marketFCI will export two million tonnes of wheat in the coming months to earn valuable foreign exchange of nearly $ 600 million for the country.
11 Sep, 2013, 02.54 PM IST
Wheat exports feasible as global prices firming up: FCIFood Corporation of India (FCI) today said global price of the grain is firming up and it is still feasible to undertake shipments.
21 Apr, 2013, 11.42 AM IST
FCI set to issue tender for wheat exports this weekendThe Food Corporation of India plans to issue tenders by this weekend for selling wheat meant for exports to private traders.
11 Apr, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- MMTC, PEC & STC float tenders for 2.4 LT wheat export
Public sector trading firms STC, PEC and MMTC today floated global tenders for export of 2.4 lakh tonnes of wheat.
13 Jul, 2012, 06.13 PM IST
- PSUs may invite multiple global tenders for wheat export
State-run trading firms such as STC, MMTC and PEC are likely to float multiple global tenders for export of 2 million tonnes of wheat permi...
06 Jul, 2012, 04.39 PM IST
- Govt may take more time to explore viable mechanism for wheat exports: KV Thomas
The government may take some more time to explore viable mechanism for wheat exports, said food minister KV Thomas, putting to rest market ...
25 May, 2012, 02.02 PM IST
- Centre may import wheat at $405-410/t
The Centre is likely to buy all the wheat it can get at a weighted average price range of $405-410/tonne from valid responses to the Novemb...
23 Nov, 2007, 03.04 AM IST
- Pakistan tenders for import of 50,000 tonnes wheat
Bids from pre-qualified foreign suppliers will be received by Oct. 29 and opened the same day.
13 Oct, 2007, 02.30 PM IST
- Govt dilutes quality norms on wheat tender
The government has thrown food safety standards to the winds by significantly diluting the quality norms for the latest wheat import tender...
15 Jun, 2006, 12.18 AM IST