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Market checkTATA Consumer Products −0.3%Companies most often in its stories · Fri, 25 Sept

Developing3 storylinesBiggest: India’s edible oil import duty cuts · 8 updates

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Agriculture14 Farm commodities13 FMCG and consumption7 Inflation7 Trade and tariffs7 Input costs6 CPI inflation5 Import duties5 Fuel prices3 Bengaluru2

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Market move▲ bullishPremium edible oils find buyers despite rising price gapHealth-conscious consumers are buying cold- and wood-pressed oils despite higher pricesMarico TATA Consumer Products FMCG and consumption1 source
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Policy● mixedEdible oil duty cut may boost snack makers’ marginsInput costs FMCG and consumption Farm commodities1 source
7h

Policy● mixedImport duty cut on sunflower oil has a significant Russian backdropSunflower oil import-duty cuts intersect with India’s growing edible-oil import dependenceImport duties Farm commodities Russia1 source
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Market move▼ bearishTriple shock rattles India’s FMCG basket as 68% of categories lose volume68% of FMCG categories lost volume amid higher costs and rural income pressuresConsumer demand FMCG and consumption1 source
17h

Data● mixedMacro headwinds, rising input costs impact FMCG volumes in June quarter: NIQInput costs FMCG and consumption Farm commodities1 source
20h

● mixedThe crop at the centre of India’s edible oil self-reliance pushPalm oil is central to India’s edible-oil self-reliance and food securityFarm commodities Agriculture1 source
1d

Expansion▼ bearishWhy your ₹100 meal costs ₹250 online and how Rapido wants to change thatRapido launched food delivery app Ownly in Hyderabad, following a zero-commission model used in BengaluruRapido Ownly Food delivery1 source
2d

Market move● mixedSwiss National Bank’s Schlegel watching hot weather impact on food price inflationInflation Input costs1 source
2d

Data● mixedWhat is driving Singapore inflation?Inflation Fuel prices1 source
2d

Policy▼ bearishIndia cuts edible-oil import duties ahead of festivalsEdible-oilseed farmers view the duty cut as an attack on their livelihoodsImport duties Farm commodities Agriculture2 sources
2d

Data● mixed4.5 lakh heat deaths projected: How 2026 Super El Nino will hit India, Nigeria, Global SouthMonsoon CPI inflation GDP1 source
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Deal● mixedCSIR-NIIST, Tata Consumer to set up food fortification centre in ThiruvananthapuramCSIR-NIIST and Tata Consumer Products are collaborating on a food fortification Centre of ExcellenceTATA Consumer Products Tata Group Bengaluru1 source
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Policy● mixedCentre expands subsidized onion sales to small towns as retail prices double from last yearGovernment is shipping buffer-stock onions to district markets and small townsFarm commodities Inflation Agriculture1 source
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Data● mixedFrom $6 eggs to $50,000 cars, these charts show how inflation has defined the past 5 yearsRising prices have weighed on US consumer confidence for more than five yearsUS inflation Inflation Cars and SUVs1 source
3d

● mixedChild malnutrition rises in Yemen as fighting intensifies, says UNICEFMiddle East Houthis United Nations1 source
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Policy● mixedIndia’s Palm Oil Tax Cut Could Boost Earnings For Local Planters, CIMBFarm commodities Agriculture Taxes1 source
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Policy● mixedEdible oil duty cut may put 8% retail price hikes on holdFarm commodities FMCG and consumption CPI inflation1 source
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Data● mixedIndian agriculture enters new phase as diets, incomes and climate reshape farming: ReportThe first phase of Indian agriculture, roughly 1967 to 1995, focused on achieving food securityAgriculture Economic growth CPI inflation1 source
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Market move▼ bearish‘Crude prices have risen 30% in a month’: CEA warns India exposed to multiple shocksCrude oil Fuel prices CPI inflation1 source
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▼ bearishIndia must remain prepared for higher energy prices: CEA NageswaranCEA Nageswaran said India must remain prepared for higher energy pricesFuel prices CPI inflation Trade and tariffs1 source
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Data● mixedIndia’s arabica harvest starts early amid dry weatherIndia’s arabica harvest has started early amid dry weatherBrazil Agriculture1 source
4d

Policy▼ bearishSEA terms edible oil duty reduction a timely, balanced interventionBCD on crude soybean and palm oil was cut from 10% to 5%Farm commodities Import duties Agriculture1 source
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Policy● mixedHere's why Patanjali Foods, AWL Agri and Godrej Agrovet shares will be in focus todayDuty cuts take effect September 24 to bring down edible oil prices for consumersPatanjali Foods AWL Agri Business Godrej Agrovet1 source
4d

▲ bullishBangladesh books over 200,000 tonnes of Indian wheat as Black Sea disruptions tighten supplyImporters have booked more than 200,000 tonnes of Indian wheat since Dhaka lifted restrictions in AugustBangladesh Farm commodities Trade and tariffs2 sources
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Policy▲ bullishCentre cuts import duty on edible oils ahead of festivalsThe Centre cut basic customs duty on crude edible oils to lower landed costsImport duties Inflation Farm commodities2 sources
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Policy● mixedIndia cuts import duties on edible oils to ease prices ahead of festivalsCustoms duties were cut on crude and refined palm, soybean and sunflower oilsImport duties Farm commodities Inflation6 sources
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