India’s rice exports rise around 33% to 11.79 MT in April-October period of FY22

17 Dec 2021 Evaluate

The Ministry of Commerce & Industry has said that India’s rice exports rose around 33 per cent to 11.79 Million Tonne (MT) in the first seven months (April-October) of the current financial year (2021-22) from 8.91 MT achieved during April-October, 2020-21. There are expectations that India’s rice exports in 2021-22 likely to surpass the record feet of 17.72 MT achieved in 2020-21.

In 2020-21, India’s rice exports (Basmati and Non-Basmati) rose by a huge 87 per cent to 17.72 MT from 9.49 MT achieved in 2019-20. In terms of value realisation, India’s rice exports rose by 38 per cent to $8815 million in 2020-21 from $6397 million reported in 2019-20. In terms of Rupees, India’s rice export grew by 44 per cent to Rs 65298 crore in 2020-21 from Rs 45379 crore in the previous year.

India’s Non-Basmati rice exports was valued at $4796 million (Rs 35448 crore) in 2020-21, with Basmati Rice exports a close second at $4018 million (Rs 29,849 crore). In terms of volume of Basmati rice exports in 2020-21, top ten countries - Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Kuwait, United Kingdom, Qatar and Oman have a share of close to 80 per cent in total shipments of aromatic long grained rice from India.

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