India is popular for its rice cultivation all over the world. India is the largest rice exporter with its market share of 28.9% from world’s output (In 2019). It has generated the export value of 5315.535 Million USD in 2019. In the list of rice exporting countries, India is followed by Thailand which stood second in the list. India is exporting rice in more than 150 countries across the world. Rice export by India in three categories which are Basmati, Non-Basmati and others. India has registered sales of 226.61 Million USD from Basmati rice export under HS code 10063020 during March 2019 while the exported value of non-basmati rice is 93.52 Million USD.
The Indian government has kept a highly competitive price for the exported rice to the importing countries to boost the export of rice from India. We are providing the data and report of rice export from India and also providing the export details regarding rice brand, rice type, importers, Indian port analysis etc
The agriculture sector is the largest source of livelihood in India. The country is one of the largest producers of agriculture and food products in the world. In 2021-22, India’s agriculture sector growth rate was estimated to be at 3.9% as compared to the 3.6% in the previous year. The country produces many crops and food grains such as rice, wheat, pulses, oilseeds, coffee, jute, sugarcane, tea, tobacco, groundnuts, dairy products, fruits, etc.
During 2020-21, India’s tea production stood at 1,280 million kg. Coffee production during the same period was 354 million kg, a 19% YoY increase. During 2021-22, oilseeds production of India crossed the estimated 37.15 million tonnes while other products such as rice, wheat, maize, pulses, mustard, and sugarcane reached a record high production.
The top crops producing states in India are West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh. Most of the wheat produced in the country comes from Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Gujarat. Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of sugarcane in India contributing about 48%, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka at 23% and 9% of the total production respectively.
The largest importers of India’s agricultural products are USA, Bangladesh, China, Canada, UAE, Indonesia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Nepal and Malaysia. The other importing countries are Korea, Japan, Italy, and the UK. During 2021-22, USA was the largest importer of Indian agricultural products at US$ 5.7 billion with share at 11.5% of the total exports. Bangladesh is the major importer of Agri & allied products at US$ 3.8 billion followed by UAE at US$ 2.3 billion. USA and China are major importer of India’s marine products.
The government has set up thirteen Agri-Cells in Indian embassies in Vietnam, USA, Bangladesh, Nepal, UAE, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, China, Japan and Argentina to provide inputs on real time basis to improve Indian exports at these destinations by promoting trade, tourism, technology and investment goals.
The Government of India has introduced a comprehensive Agriculture Export Policy (AEP) to promote exports of agricultural products. The key objectives of the AEP are to diversify export basket and destinations, to boost high value-added agricultural exports, to promote indigenous, organic, traditional and non-traditional Agri products exports, to provide an institutional mechanism for pursuing market access and to enable farmers to get benefit of export opportunities in overseas market.
FAS is the export promotion scheme by the Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA). It is part of the Finance Commission Cycle for the years 2021-22 to 2025-26. The primary aim of this scheme is to assist businesses in export infrastructure development, quality development and market development. The financial assistance under the scheme will range from Rs. 5 lakh (US$ 6,500) to Rs. 5 crore (US$ 650,000).
The Department of Commerce under Ministry of Commerce & Industry has also initiated several schemes to promote exports, including Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES), Market Access Initiatives (MAI) Scheme, etc.
In addition, assistance to the exporters of agricultural products is also available under the Export Promotion Schemes of APEDA, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Tobacco Board, Tea Board, Coffee Board, Rubber Board and Spices Board. Further, to boost honey exports, India has made