Merchants worry copra costs will drop on NAFED’s transfer to promote procured inventory

Copra merchants are preserving their fingers crossed over the NAFED (Nationwide Agricultural Cooperative Advertising Federation of India) resolution to liquidate the procured inventory within the open market. They worry that the transfer would additional depress the costs. NAFED, in response to merchants, is promoting within the open market round 39,000 tonnes of copra that was … Read more

Copra value rises on Nafed procurement drive 

Procurement of copra from the open market by Nafed has boosted coconut oil costs in Kerala and Tamil Nadu after an extended hole. Thalath Mahmood, director of Cochin Oil Retailers Affiliation (COMA), stated copra costs in Kerala rose to 9 ₹99 per kg whereas coconut oil stood at ₹149 per kg. In Tamil Nadu, it’s … Read more