Mumbai,Aug 9: India has exported non-basmati white rice worth $ 122.7 million during April-May this fiscal and the government is closely monitoring its production, availability and export scenario to assess suitable policy intervention, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.
The exports stood at $852.53 million in 2023-24, $2.2 billion in 2022-23 and $2 billion in 2021-22, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
He informed the export of non-basmati white rice is banned at present since July 20, 2023.
However, export is allowed on the basis of permission granted by the government of India to other countries to meet their food security needs and based on the request of their government.
Accordingly, Prasada said the export of non-basmati white rice has been allowed to the different countries.
So far this fiscal, India has exported this rice to Maldives (1,24,218.36 MT), Mauritius (14,000 MT), Malawi (1,000 MT), Zimbabwe (1,000 MT), and Namibia (1,000 MT). MT is metric tonnes.
In 2023-24, the country exported the commodity to 17 nations – Bhutan (79,000 MT), Mauritius (14,000 MT), Singapore (50,000 MT), UAE (75,000 MT), Nepal (95,000 MT), Cameroon (1,90,000 MT), Cote d’ Ivore (1,42,000 MT), Guinea (1,42,000 MT), and Malaysia (1,70,000 MT).
The other countries are Philippines (2,95,000 MT), Seychelles (800 MT), Comoros (20,000 MT), Madagascar (50,000 MT), Equatorial Guinea (10,000 MT), Egypt (60,000 MT), Kenya (1,00,000 MT), and Tanzania (30,000 MT).