Rice Manufacturing: Govt carefully monitoring rice state of affairs in home, worldwide markets on weekly foundation

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Rice Manufacturing: Govt carefully monitoring rice state of affairs in home, worldwide markets on weekly foundation

NEW DELHI: The federal government is carefully monitoring the rice state of affairs within the home in addition to worldwide markets on weekly foundation and it will possibly enhance the proportion share in international rice commerce when beneficial circumstances come up, Parliament was knowledgeable on Wednesday.
India has banned export of damaged and non-basmati white rice in view of uncertainty round rice manufacturing right here and different rice producing international locations as a result of geopolitical state of affairs, El Nino sentiments and excessive weather conditions to verify home costs and guarantee enough availability out there right here.
“The federal government is carefully monitoring the rice state of affairs within the home market in addition to in worldwide discussion board on weekly foundation and the federal government can enhance the proportion share in international rice commerce when beneficial circumstances come up,” minister of state for commerce and trade Anupriya Patel mentioned in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
India was the most important rice exporting nation on the earth from 2018 to 2022 adopted by Thailand and Vietnam.
Rice export from India was 22.24 million tonne in 2022, which accounts for 40.63 per cent of the world’s rice exports.
Export of damaged rice has been prohibited from September 2022 and non-basmati white rice from July this 12 months. Export of basmati and parboiled non-basmati rice is constant.
Replying to a different query, Patel mentioned that agriculture exports throughout April-September 2023 declined 11.6 per cent over the identical interval final 12 months.
“Moreover the decline in worldwide costs, which has impacted per unit worth realizations, restrictions imposed on export of important meals merchandise, similar to wheat, non-basmati rice, sugar and onions, to make sure home meals safety, have additionally contributed to say no in worth of agriculture exports within the present 12 months,” she mentioned.
Additional, in a reply to a query on free tarde agreements (FTAs), she mentioned India has signed 13 commerce pacts with its buying and selling companions.
It’s engaged in negotiations for FTA with the UK; the European Union; Peru; Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland (EFTA international locations); Sri Lanka and Oman, she added.