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Export volume of basmati rice from India in financial year 2024, by country (in 1,000 metric tons)

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January 2025

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Region

India

Survey time period

FY 2024

Supplementary notes

India's financial year begins in April and ends in March. For example, FY 2025 started in April 2024 and ends in March 2025.

Values have been rounded for clarity.

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In the fiscal year 2024, over * metric tons of basmati rice were exported from India to Saudi Arabia. Basmati is a distinctive type of aromatic long-grain rice. There are about ** varieties of basmati rice grown in India. Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh make up the main states where this variety of rice is grown.

Rice supply in India

India is the largest exporter of rice globally. In 2022, the export volume of basmati rice from India amounted to over *** metric tons globally. The production of basmati rice was down ** percent in 2021 due to heavy rainfalls during the harvesting seasons. However, overall rice exports increased to ** percent as compared to the previous year because of an increase in the purchase of rice by neighboring countries such as Bangladesh, Vietnam, and China.

Rice consumption in India

India ranked second for the consumption of rice globally. In 2022/2023, the total consumption of staple crop in the country amounted to over *** million metric tons. The daily availability of rice was estimated to be *** grams of rice per person in India.