are likely to achieve record production.Local sources say increased area for rabi (winter) rice crop and increasing market prices are likely to boost India's rice production in 2013-14. According to Ministry of Agriculture, Rabi rice area as on February 28, 2014 stands at around 4.1 million hectares, up about 24% from about 3.31 million hectares sown during the same period last year.According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, India’s actual rice production in 201213 stood at 105.24 million tons (92.37 million tons from kharif and 12.87 million tons from rabi), marginally down from about 105.31 million tons produced in 2011-12 (92.75 million tons from kharif and 12.56 million tons from rabi).Trade sources say the record output of rice in this marketing year could assure the nation’s rice exports are not banned. India emerged as the top rice exporter in 2012 and 2013 after the government lifted a four-year ban on non-basmati rice exports in 2011. India exported around 10.5 million tons in FY 2013-14, up about 3% from around 10.2 million tons exported in FY 2012-13, according to data from All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA).They also say the high output would act as a buffer for the country in case of lower production in the next crop year due to El Nino weather pattern. USDA estimates India's milled rice production at 105 million tons in MY 2013-14 (October - September), marginally down from an estimated 105.24 million tons produced in MY 2012-13. It expects India to export 10 million tons of rice during 2014, down by about 8% from about 10.87 million tons exported in 2013. USDA estimates MY 2013-14 total rice area to increase to about 43.5 million hectares, up about 2.5% from about 42.41 million hectares in 2012-13. Tags: India rice production, India rice exports, El Niño
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