India’s non-basmati rice exports jump 4% in Apr-Jan of Fy23

NEW DELHI - India’s non-basmati rice exports surged 4 per cent to 14.56 million tonnes (mt) during the April-January period of the current fiscal from 14.01 mt a year ago. This is despite the Government imposing a 20 per cent export duty on white (raw) rice and banning shipments of fully broken rice. However, with an upward trend in freight cost, the realisation by exporters may get hitifimportingcountriesdonotabsorbanyincrease.

The non-basmati rice segment registered a 3 per cent growth in value at $5.17 billion (Rs. 41,273 crore) from $5.01 billion in the year-ago period, according to the latest data from the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA). In the entire 2021-22, non-basmati rice export was 17.26 mt worth $6.12 billion(Rs.45,652.35crore).

Freightuptrend

Exporters said when the government imposed the duty in September last year, the freight cost was about $100-$120/tonne and it was declining. While it dropped to about $50/tonne in February, it began to show an uptrend inthefirstweek.

“Importing countries did not feel the impact of export duty as in the same period there was a fall in the freight cost. One thing is established the world now knows India as a credible destination for non-basmati rice,” said BV Krishna Rao, President of The Rice Exporters Association (TREA). There is no concern for now and exporters are ready to wait for the next kharif crop’s arrival in October to see if any policy change will be required,Raosaid.

He said the increase in non-basmati rice has to be seen amid the crop failure in Pakistan and also the quantitative restriction in Myanmar. However, he said: “The world needs Indian rice. We will seek a change in policyifatallthereisadropinexport.”

Rao further said even after the imposition of export duty, neither there is a substantial improvement in procurement, noradeclineinexport.

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