India's export of non-basmati rice increased by 109 percent

Rice

India

Published Apr 22, 2022

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In the last couple of years, India's focus on expanding port handling infrastructure, developing the value chain, involving key stakeholders, and exploring new opportunities in countries or markets for rice exports has resulted in a massive increase in rice exports, according to the ministry.

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The commerce ministry announced on Wednesday that India's non-basmati rice exports increased to USD 6.11 billion in 2021-22 from USD 2.92 billion in 2013-14. In the years 2021-22, India exported rice to over 150 countries. India exported non-basmati rice worth USD 2 billion in 2019-20, rising to USD 4.8 billion in 2020-21 and USD 6.11 billion in 2021-22, according to data from the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics. "We have coordinated logistics development, as well as a focus on the production of quality, produce in collaboration with our foreign missions, which has boosted India's rice export prospects," M Angamuthu, Chairman, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), said. Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Senegal, Guinea, Vietnam, Djibouti, Madagascar, Cameroon, Somalia, Malaysia, Liberia, and the United Arab Emirates are among the other destinations. Agriculture Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar had a ...

Source: Krishi Jagran

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