tonne

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'Even if a production of 240 million tonnes is estimated for 2008-09, the total increase since 2002-03 is only 65.22 million tonnes, which at current import price of wheat at$300 per million tonne translates into Rs. 88,047 crore (Rs. 880.47 billion) only,' says the document, a copy of which is with IANS.

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  • At current CO2-e prices of 29.38 euro per tonne, that is —  News
  • It's been created using some very cool stop-motion fimling, a lot of paper, colouring and a metric buttload (also known as a tonne) of patience to get it all done. —  Atomic
  • It's been created using some very cool stop-motion filming, a lot of paper, colouring and a metric buttload (also known as a tonne) of patience to get it all done. —  Atomic
  • Mineral resource blocks are within wireframes constructed with a minimum true thickness of 1.5 metres and a minimum NSR value of US$50 per tonne, which is the effective cut-off. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • 'Even if a production of 240 million tonnes is estimated for 2008-09, the total increase since 2002-03 is only 65.22 million tonnes, which at current import price of wheat at$300 per million tonne translates into Rs. 88,047 crore (Rs. 880.47 billion) only,' says the document, a copy of which is with IANS. —  India eNews
 

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  1. French, from Old French, tun, from Late Latin tunna, probably of Celtic origin.

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  1. French, a ton. See ton.
 

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