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India to start Basmati rice exports to Middle East India (January 10, 2001) - Indian exports of aromatic Basmati rice, which have been delayed by nearly two months, could start any time now with buyers from the Middle East set to enter the market, traders said yesterday.
“We expect that orders will www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1787
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Sweeter times forecast for sugar trade Bangkok (January 11, 2001) - Thailand and Australia, fierce traditional competitors for the big Asian sugar market, are both looking for a reprieve in 2001 from the flood of Brazilian sugar which invaded the region in recent years.
Industry sources www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1788
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European Commission issues warning over origin of Turkish tuna Belgium (January 11, 2001) - The European Commission has published a warning in the EU Official Journal expressing reasonable doubts about the origin of Turkish tuna products. It fears that tuna supplied by Turkish canneries may not be entirely from www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1789
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Planting trees fights rice field salinity Australia (January 10, 2001)- Planting trees, especially spotted gum, in ancient river beds can help fight rising groundwater and salinity in the rice fields of the Murray Irrigation Area (MIA) near Deniliquin, NSW, Australia, according to CSIRO, M2 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1790
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U.S. healthy edible oil enters Chinese market China (January 10, 2001)- An American company has begun producing healthy edible oil in mainland China under Chinese governmental authorization, and their products have been marketed in Shanghai, Suzhou and Hefei (the capital of Anhui province).
It www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1791
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North Korea’s grain output down 15% in 2000 North Korea (January 10, 2001)- North Korea's grain output in 2000 fell 15 per cent from a year earlier to an estimated 3.59 million tons, the Rural Development Administration announced.
Given that the country's domestic food demand is 6 million tons, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1792
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Pakistani fruit gets freight rate drop Pakistan (January 10, 2001)- Following appeals from Pakistani kinno orange exporters concerned by falling demand, foreign carriers are lowering rates for a 40-foot refrigerated container to US$ 2,800 from US$ 3,200 for shipments to the Far East and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1793
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Japan to stitch up Shiitake sector Japan (January 10, 2001)- Japan is looking to take measures to protect its Shiitake mushroom industry, which it fears has been adversely affected by an influx of cheaper imports.
Japan’s MAFF, which last year announced it was launching a formal www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1794
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US needs to capture 22% global market share, says economist Orlando, Florida, USA (January 11, 2001)- By 2009, the Agriculture Department predicts, U.S. agriculture exports could rise to US$ 75 billion, a 40 per cent increase from current levels. But for farmers and ranchers to reap any associated financial www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1795
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State agencies urged not to sell rice to exporters Bangkok (January 12, 2001) - State agencies are being urged not to sell any stocks of rice to local exporters because it would depress local paddy prices, according to the Rice Millers' Association.
It was responding to reports that the Public www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1796
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NFC uses own capital for fertilizer supply Bangkok (January 12, 2001) - The cash-strapped National Fertiliser Plc (NFC) has decided to use the proceeds from last year's sales of fertilizer as working capital to temporarily continue fertilizer production and supplies to farmers.
The largely www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1797
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Tea planters urged to try organic methods Bangkok (January 12, 2001) - The Agriculture Department has urged tea planters to go organic to reduce production costs and expand their market.
The department's Horticulture Research Center and a grower have planted 800 rai of tea using organic www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1798
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Import duties on Saba fish raised to 60% Bangkok (January 12, 2001) - Japanese food lovers are likely to see a whopping increase in the cost of Saba dishes after the Finance Ministry announced an increase in import duties on the main raw material to 60 per cent.
Sak Sanpanich, president of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1799
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NSTDA sets up unit to help SMEs Bangkok (January 12, 2001) - In an attempt to harness science and technology to improve the productivity of local small and medium-sized manufacturers, the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) has set up a new unit - called the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1800
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FDA says livestock feed makers violating BSE rules U.S. (January 12, 2001) - A new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report has revealed that hundreds of animal feed producers have violated regulations meant to keep mad cow disease out of the country.
The FDA are keen to stress that the violations www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1801
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Seafood industry wary of new TV report U.S. (Janaury 12, 2001) - The ABC News program 20/20 will examine methyl mercury in seafood today in what some industry leaders say is bound to be an uncomplimentary report.
ABC News has been researching the issue since at least August 2000, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1802
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Danone workers go on strike France (January 12, 2001) - Employees at several of Groupe Danone SA plants are out on strike in reaction to reports that the Paris-based global dairy giant intends to cut thousands of jobs.
Danone reportedly is slashing its European workforce by www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1803
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Low trade seen in Indian black tiger shrimp market India (January 12, 2001) - The market for black tiger shrimps is likely to commence operations in a day or two. The market has been dormant due to post year-end off season. However, initial activity could be low because of depreciation of the yen, and the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1804
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Vietfish offers 'golden opportunities', says minister Vietnam (January 12, 2001) - The four-day international fisheries exhibition Vietfish 2001 opened yesterday, offering business opportunities for many local and foreign companies.
Deputy Minister of Fisheries Nguyen Thi Hong Minh said at the opening www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1805
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Wahid agrees to remove agriculture VAT Indonesia (January 12, 2001) - Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid agreed yesterday to revoke a controversial value-added tax on agriculture, fisheries and dairy products, a minister said.
"The president has agreed to remove it so it will not www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1806
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Rice prices in Brazil up 20% in 2 months Brazil (January 12, 2001) - Rice prices have risen 20 per cent in just two months after supplies fell and farmers hold on to what little stocks they have to raise prices further. On the Rio Grande do Sul state futures market, the 50-kilo bag ended at www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1807
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Carrefour may divest frozen foods division France (January 12, 2001) - Supermarket group Carrefour is expected to close the €800 million (US$ 762.5 million) sale of its 79 per cent-owned Picard Surgeles frozen foods division to UK private equity investment firm Candover Investments PLC within www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1808
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Fish farms ruin shrimp fishing grounds Norway (January 12, 2001) - Shrimp fishermen in the Rørvik area, Nord Trøndelag county, say shrimp grounds located near to fish farms are deteriorating. They believe surplus feed and excrement from salmon farms are the causes of smaller catches and low www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1809
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Jobs to go in Faccenda shake-up U.K. (January 12, 2001) - Five hundred jobs will be lost with the closure of a chicken processing factory in Hampshire, it was announced yesterday.
The Faccenda Group bought Webbs Country Foods on December 19 but has now announced the restructuring www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1810
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Thai Rak Thai unveils rural plan Bangkok (January 15, 2001) The Thai Rak Thai Party has announced a number of measures it plans to adopt to implement its controversial three-year debt moratorium policy, which it said would benefit millions of farmers.
The policy, part of the party's www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1811
created on 2001-01-15
Six firms bid to run commodities market Bangkok (January 15, 2001) - Six consulting companies have been shortlisted in the bidding to run the country's first commodities market, scheduled to open this year, according to a source in the Commerce Ministry.
The firms include Advanced Research, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1812
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Prices of agricultural products should rise this year, says Pisit Bangkok (January 15, 2001) - Pisit Setthawong, director-general of the Department of Internal Trade at the Ministry of Commerce, says that the prices of agricultural products should improve this year.
Pisit said that the Ministry of Commerce, the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1813
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Frozen cuttlefish exports seen increasing in 2001 Bangkok (January 15, 2001) - The Office of Agricultural Economics said that it expects export volume to reach 90,000 metric tons in 2001, up from last year’s 88,000 metric tons. The increase is attributed to improved production technology and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1814
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Returning licensing power to state agencies 'backward' Bangkok (January 15, 2001) - The Thai Rak Thai Party risks stepping backward if it tries to break the local Internet deadlock by returning licensing power to state agencies, said Somkiat Tangkitvanich, a research specialist at the Thailand Development www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1815
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Noodle know-how heading to South America Bangkok (January 15, 2001) - Thailand will make one of its first ever exports of technology when Sumitomo Corporation, a Japanese-based integrated trading firm, initiates transfer of instant noodle processing technology to Latin America.
Sumitomo www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1816
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Small firms need urgent state assistance on debt Bangkok (January 15, 2001) - Many individuals and small companies need urgent help from the new government in rescuing them from bankruptcy, according to Surasak Vajasit, a lawyer at Freshfields Ltd, an international law firm.
So far, the government www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1817
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Dairy link fears over mad cow disease Australia (January 15, 2001) - Australia will consider banning the importation of European dairy products in the wake of fresh fears mad cow disease could be transmitted by milk.
Britain's Food Standards Agency has launched a nationwide investigation www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1818
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Chinese dairy producer goes global China (January 15, 2001) - Beijing Sanyuan Food Co, Ltd is going global after striking an acquisition deal with US dairygiant Kraft on January 12 in Beijing.
According to the contract, Sanyuan paid US$ 9.3 million for an 85-per cent stake in Beijing www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1819
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Proposed rules would mandate nutrition labels on fresh meat U.S. (January 15, 2001) - Ground meat and poultry would carry nutrition labels similar to those already required on soup cans, cereal boxes and other processed-food packages under rules the Clinton administration proposed on Friday.
For fresh meat www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1820
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Peruvian seafood exports expand 41% Peru (January 15, 2001) - Peru exported 2.8 million tons of fisheries products during 2000, valued at US$ 1.121 billion (FOB), which represented a 41.5 per cent increase compared with 1999, according to data provided by the Peruvian Fisheries Ministry www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1821
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Galician fishery authorities evaluate storm damage Spain (January 15, 2001) - The Conselleria de Pesca, Marisqueo e Acuicultura of Galicia is presently evaluating the damage suffered during the past few weeks by the Galician shellfish and coastal fishing sector as a result of a severe storm.
In spite www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1822
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US fights import restrictions on salmonid eggs U.S. (January 15, 2001) - Foreign governments, with the US in the forefront, are still concerned that the modified protocol regulating Chile’s imports of salmonid eggs is blocking imports. Efforts are, according to the American Embassy in Santiago, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1823
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Japan and China still far from reaching bilateral agreement Japan (January 15, 2001) - The preliminary meeting of the Japan-China Joint Fishery Conference, held in Beijing from 25 - 27 December 2000, was not as successful as the two countries had hoped and it seems they are still far from reaching a bilateral www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1824
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Pakistan's seafood exports rise 8% in first-half 2000 Pakistan (January 15, 2001) - Pakistan's seafood exports increased by 8.76 per cent in the first six months of the fiscal year 2000 to US$ 82.197 million.
According to Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) the country exported 42,418 metric tons of seafood www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1825
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NFPA:Advisory 'underscores benefits of canned fish for pregnant women'' U.S. (January 15, 2001) - A newly revised advisory on seafood
and mercury, issued by the Food and Drug Administration, "reiterates the
health benefits and the safety of canned fish", according to the National Food
Processors Association (NFPA). FDA's www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1826
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Seafood industry asks for justification of FDA mercury warning U.S. (January 15, 2001) - National Fisheries Institute, the
nation's largest group of commercial seafood producers and processors, is
asking the Food & Drug Administration to provide the scientific basis for its
recent revision of consumer guidance on www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1827
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FDA announces advisory on methyl mercury in fish - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its advice to pregnant women and women of childbearing age who may become pregnant on the hazard of consuming certain kinds of fish that may contain high levels of methyl mercury. The FDA is advising www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1828
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BAAC concerned over possible loan repayment delays - The major provider of farm loans is worried that farmers hoping to benefit from the new government's debt-suspension plan could delay repaying up to 47 billion baht due in March.
An executive at the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1829
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Trade officials may hold rice talks with Manila Bangkok (January 16, 2001) - Thai trade officials may hold talks in Manila later this month to sell rice to the Philippines, officials at the Thai commerce ministry said yesterday.
"The Thai trade delegation led by Karun Kittistaporn, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1830
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Thai Rak Thai to amend Alien Business Law Bangkok (January 16, 2001) - The Thai Rak Thai party has announced it will amend the alien business law, one of 11 economic laws Chuan Leekpai's administration enacted during his term, to provide support to the embattled retail sector.
The law was www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=1831
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