Karnataka pegs 2017 tur crop down 45% at 663,000 tonne.
Ram Gopal Yadav (9 years ago)

Production of tur in Karnataka is estimated to have declined 45% on year to 663,000 tonne in kharif season due to sharp fall in acreage and yield. In 2016-17, tur prices had slipped below minimum support price because of a record high output, which prompted farmers to shift to cotton sowing from tur in the current kharif season.

MMTC invites bids for sale of 8,266 tonne tur, 2,963 tonne urad.
Ram Gopal Yadav (9 years ago)

MMTC Ltd has floated a tender to sell 4,211 tonne imported tur from the 2016 Malawi, Mozambique crop and 2,963 tonne urad from the 2016 Yangon, Myanmar crop. The tur and urad are lying at the Central Warehousing Corp in Virungambakkam and Madhavaram in Chennai and National Collateral Management Services Ltd’s M.K, Balaji and PKC warehouses. Bids must be submitted on Sep 19, and opened the same day. The bids remain valid for acceptance till Sep 25. In another tender, MMTC invited bids for sale of 4,055.64 tonne imported tur from Africa and 2,491.56 tonne red lentils imported from Canada.

ABARES pegs Australia 2017-18 chana crop at 1.2 million tonne, down 36% YoY.
Ram Gopal Yadav (9 years ago)

Australia chana production is seen declining 36% on year to 1.19 million tonne in 2017-18 due to a fall in average yield. Although area under chana cultivation is estimated to increase by 4.5% to 1.1 million ha in 2017-18, production is expected to fall as rainfall was below average in the most cropping regions in June and was highly variable in July and August. Most of Australia’s chana is exported to India. In the year ended June, Australia sold a record 1.1 million tonne chana to India. The country’s chana exports to India are likely to fall to 0.8-1.0 million tonne in 2017-18 (Jul-Jun), as Australia’s chana crop is expected to be much smaller on year.

India Sugar prices fall more in north on weak demand.
Ram Gopal Yadav (9 years ago)

Prices of sugar continued to fall in the key wholesale markets of north India due to sluggish demand from bulk buyers. Most importantly, there is no demand. Also, production of sugar in Uttar Pradesh is expected to be higher next year. Sugar output in Uttar Pradesh is likely to rise to a record 10.3 million tonne in the next season starting October from 8.8 million tonne year ago. In the key wholesale markets of Maharashtra, sugar prices were largely unchanged amid lacklustre trade.

European vegetable oils were firm.
Ram Gopal Yadav (9 years ago)

European vegetable oils were firm, supported by a strong rise in Malaysia, but activity remained thin with some buyers seeing the recent rise as overdone. Malaysian palm oil futures jumped to their highest level since March, driven by a fall in production and higher exports that kept inventory numbers lower than expected.

Sebi considering lifting a decade-old ban on futures trading of tur and urad.
Ram Gopal Yadav (9 years ago)

With fears of inflationary pressure in pulses having been abated due to a bumper harvest in 2016-17 and the government inventory brimming with around two million tonne of pulses stocks, the regulator is weighing the possibility of lifting the ban. The review of the ban has started but a final decision on allowing such futures could be taken after factoring in production estimates as areas under pulses are down by almost 4% from a year earlier. Prices of tur started plunging late last year as farmers, encouraged by record prices in 2015-16, stepped up sowing of the key pulse variety, leading to an all-time-high production level of 4.78 million tonne in 2016-17. This was 87% higher than the production in the previous year and far exceeded the target of 3.62 million tonne for 2016-17.

Centre allows import of additional 44,000 tonnes of tur dal.
Ram Gopal Yadav (9 years ago)

Following the imposition of annual import ceiling on pigeon peas (tur dal) fixed at two lakh tonne last month in response to the glut in the domestic market, the Centre has allowed an additional 40,000-44,000 tonne of the pulse to be imported. This has been done to accommodate the orders already paid for by traders prior to the restriction. It was brought to the notice of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade that some traders had already given advance to foreign suppliers before the import ceiling was imposed. Since they can’t get their money back they are being allowed to import the contracted amount. When the government imposed the import restriction of an annual 2 lakh tonne on tur dal, the import limit had almost been reached. So the additional amount that is coming to the market is just restricted to the 44,000 tonne of pigeon peas that was contracted before the restriction was imposed.

Canada Manitoba bean crops nearing maturity.
Ram Gopal Yadav (9 years ago)

Canada exported 101,300 tonnes of peas during the week ended September 3. Dry bean crops in Manitoba are at, or nearing, maturity in most cases. Early harvest operations are underway in the Pembina Valley, with yields of 1,800 to 2,500 pounds per acre reported for pinto beans and 2,000 pounds per acre for cranberry beans.

UK sugar production to rise from 900,000 to 1.4m tonnes, ABF.
Ram Gopal Yadav (9 years ago)

With the crop developing well, as a result of favourable recent rainfall and temperatures, the latest sugar production estimate for the coming season was in excess of 1.4m tonnes, and this would help to mitigate the impact on profit of lower prices. A reduction in stocks, together with the abolition of sugar quota and export restrictions from October this year, meant that the contracted area for 2017-18 had been increased by a third.

Imported sugar to get cheaper in south India.
Ram Gopal Yadav (9 years ago)

With domestic sugar prices in the wholesale market quoted at around Rs 39 a kg, imported sugar continues to remain cost-effective in southern states even with a 25 per cent duty. In Tamil Nadu, sugar is priced Rs 1.50-2 a kg more than that in Maharashtra due to supply shortage. The southern state faces huge supply deficit this year due to three-four years of subsequent drought resulting into lower local production. Worryingly, the drought continued this year too, which prompted policy makers to allow raw sugar import of 300,000 tonnes at 25 per cent of import duty against the prevailing duty of 50 per cent.