Pollachi coconut suppliers and exporters are buoyant about the increasing prices of Copra this year, as per most market reports, fetching prices above the minimum support price (MSP) this season in the marketplace.  It is also believed that coconuts will also fetch a decent price this season. Let’s not forget that almost every coconut and copra supplier suffered the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic last year due to the low demands when consumption levels hit an all-time low.  The demand for coconut and copra increased when lockdown restrictions were released in a phased manner.  Also, logistic issues at most points severed ties with coconut and copra vendors and sellers in many regions in Coimbatore, Pollachi, Erode, among others. Copra-based products too are finding innovative applications that have great commercial value…

Coconut manufacturers, suppliers and product manufacturers in Pollachi that have been heavily hit by the disastrous effects of COVID-19 or Novel Coronavirus last year are looking to re-establish themselves after the relaxation of lockdowns and trading restrictions. Transportation and logistics industry that also suffered a big blow last year tethered connectivity at various points and levels, and therefore the coconut industry got affected in various ways in the form of delayed arrivals and poor sales. Many tender coconut vendors, during the lockdown, shut shops as per the state government’s prohibitory orders. After the enforcement of the prohibitory orders, most street vendors were shooed by the police and administrative officials.  Coconut manufacturers view the fresh year 2021 as a year of hope though the second wave of lockdown following another round…

A year that will go down in history as one of the worst years in the 21st century 2020 is a testing time not for the general public but for businesses, especially small businesses that were struggling to shape themselves, first when demand suffered in the last quarter of 2019, and then when COVID-19 or the Novel Coronavirus shook the world with disastrous effects. Millions of lives were lost, livelihoods ebbed and so did our spirits faded to smoke and drifted away. We, at Tidal Impex, remained strong and determined for the most part of the year, though lockdown after lockdowns dented our hopes and made matters worse to stage a comeback when restriction would be finally relaxed allowing businesses to persist and subsist in spite of the hardships surrounding…