Japanese fossil fuel imports is expected to increase by around 17% over the next five years, as compared to 2011, with oil and products stabilizing at around 4.6 m mb/d, while coal imports expected....

India's sugar exports may pick up on depreciating rupee against the US dollar making sugar imports from India cheaper compared to others global suppliers.....

Rubber futures in Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) rose on Tuesday on the back reports of rubber import plans by Thailand, the largest producer and exporter amid higher demand from India other cons....

Cotton prices in India's National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) dropped on Thursday due to higher production amid lower demand from domestic textile firms and slowed exports to China.....

India's natural rubber imports in 2012-13 is estimated to be higher than last year as the truck, bus radial tyre production is expected to be almost double to 4.8 million tyres, according to Automo....

Due to high domestic prices of edible oil and concern over possible rise in import duty in Union Budget 2012, vegetable oil imports rose 67% from 727,706 tons in March 2012 compared to 435,735 tons....

India pulses prices are likely to remain lower on increased arrivals from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan but prices are expected to rebound as the demand -supply gap is large.....

World cotton prices are poised to gain as textile companies in China plan to increase imports, but global surplus production is likely to restrict the gains.....

High farm worker wages, rise in cost of energy and imports of cooking oil may hike the food inflation rate in the coming months hurting common man.....

Indian wheat has gained popularity in global markets since the ban over the exports was removed by the government. After Iran, its now Turkey who has sought import India’s wheat.....

India’s merchandise imports recorded a growth of 30.4% in April to December 2011-12 at US $350.9 bn bn with a signficant rise in import of petroleum, oil and lubricants, gold, silver and mach....

African countries has been advised to promote agricultural production with more favourable agriculture policies to be competitive in the global agriculture market and to reduce agriculture imports,....

India may import more natural rubber in 2012-13 to meet the growing demand, mainly from the automobile sector.....

Due to lower production forecast for rabi crop amid rising consumption, price of edible oil in India may move high in 2012.....

India may reduce dependency over Iran for crude oil and plans to concentrate more on Saudi Arabia for 2012-13.....

India's non-basmati rice may find its way to Indonesia as the country plans to import 2 million tons of rice this year to ensure food security.....

China, the largest importer of soybeans, to increase its purchases by 62% to 90 million tons in next decade, according to United Nations Department of Agriculture (USDA).....

With rising demand from India and China, Malaysia's palm oil exports is likely to touch a record 19.8 million metric tons during 2011-12, according to Malaysian Palm Oil Council.....

Due to lower pulses production on lack of adequate rainfall in the major growing areas, India's is expected to import 2.75-2.80 million tonnes of pulses in the fiscal 2011-12, slightly higher than ....

On the back of growing demand and limited domestic oilseed production, India's soybean oil imports is expected to jump 28% to 1.2 million tons in 2012, according to United States Department of Agri....