rice: India exports 26 lakh tonnes of basmati rice, 73.18 lakh tonnes of non-basmati rice in Apr-Oct: Govt

As per the information, the exports of basmati rice stood at 45.61 lakh tonnes in the whole 2022-23 monetary yr whereas the shipments of non-basmati rice stood at 177.92 lakh tonnes.

Exports of basmati rice stood at 44.15 lakh tonnes in 2018-19; 44.55 lakh tonnes in 2019-20; 46.30 lakh tonnes in 2020-21; and 39.44 lakh tonnes in 2021-22.

The information confirmed that exports of rice (apart from basmati) had been at 76.48 lakh tonnes in 2018-19; 50.56 lakh tonnes in 2019-20; 131.49 lakh tonnes in 2020-21, and 172.89 lakh tonnes in 2021-22 fiscal.

India’s whole rice manufacturing stood at 1,357.55 lakh tonnes in 2022-23 as in opposition to 1,294.71 lakh tonnes within the earlier yr.

Rice output stood at 1,164.84 lakh tonnes in 2018-19; 1,188.70 lakh tonnes in 2019-20; and 1,243.68 lakh tonnes in 2020-21 fiscal yr. The federal government has banned exports of damaged rice and non-basmati white rice. The export of damaged rice was prohibited and an export responsibility of 20 per cent was imposed on non-basmati white rice on September 9, 2022. Subsequently, the export of non-basmati white rice was additionally prohibited on July 20, 2023.