NCDEX chana down as exchange imposes 5% margin.

Futures contracts of chana on NCDEX were down for the third straight day as the exchange has imposed 5% additional margin on buy and sell positions. The most active September contract traded down 2.7% from the previous close. According to traders, speculators have reduced their positions as well as exposure which is the result of easing demand due to adequate stocks present in the spot market.

NAFED buys 60,259 tonne chana of 2016-17 crop from 4 states.

As of Wednesday, the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India had procured 60,259 tonne of chana from the 2016-17 (Jul-Jun) rabi crop from four states. The slowdown in the pace of procurement was due to rising prices in spot markets ahead of festivals.

Tur down in Kalaburagi as govt relaxes import norms.

Prices of tur in Kalaburagi in Karnataka were down as the government relaxed norms for import of the commodity from Myanmar. Importers of tur, who had signed import contracts prior to a quantitative cap on overseas purchases on Aug 5, can avail relaxation on the import cap if they register those contracts with the government.

Relief for tur importers if deals prior to Aug 5 registered.

Importers of tur, who had signed import contracts prior to a quantitative cap on overseas purchases on Aug 5, can avail relaxation on the import cap if they register those contracts with the government. Such contracts registered by the regional authorities after verifying that companies had entered into contracts prior to Aug 5. The government on Thursday had relaxed the norms by allowing consignments from Myanmar and other exporting countries for which advance payments were made prior to the restriction.

Food Corp sells 60,000 tonne pulses of 395,000 tonne allowed for sale.

The Food Corp of India has sold nearly 60,000 tonne pulses over the 15 days through open market sales scheme. Sale of pulses has picked up now. In a meeting held on Aug 17, government allowed us to sell entire stock of moong, while for other pulses, they allowed sale of the stock purchased more than nine months ago. The central government issued a permit to sell 395,000 tonne of domestically purchased pulses from its stocks. The Centre is selling pulses from its buffer stock by floating tenders under the open market sales scheme to dispose of inventories, which rose sharply due to a bumper output last year followed by high imports.

Sunseed stocks in Ukraine were up 69% year-on-year.

Sunseed stocks in Ukraine totaled 729.4 KMT as of August 1, 2017, or 69% more than on the same date last year (431.5 KMT). 383.0 KMT out of this volume was held by growers themselves (+85.87 KMT or up 28% year-on-year), while sunseed storage and processing companies accounted for 346.4 KMT (+212.1 KMT or up 158%). By August 1, 2017, crushers had stockpiled almost 79.7% more soybeans than at the same time last year (135.7 KMT against 75.5 KMT by August 1, 2016). Rapeseed availabilities as of the reporting date were up 81% year-on-year at 988.4 KMT against 546.55 KMT as of August 1, 2016.

Olam Agro takes delivery of 4,530 tonne of soybean on NCDEX.

Olam Agro India Pvt Ltd took delivery of 4,530 tonne soybean on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange in the August contract. Olam Agro also took delivery of 3,690 tonne of the same-month contract of mustard, while the largest delivery was made by Cargill India Pvt Ltd at 1,000 tonne.

Indore soybean down on anticipation of higher yield.

Soybean prices in Madhya Pradesh benchmark market of Indore fell on anticipation of higher yields of the upcoming kharif crop. Good rains in Madhya Pradesh during the past few days, which help in better yields. Traders are not buying right now, as they expect prices to fall further in coming days.