The promotion of exports of agricultural commodities like rice is a continuous process. The Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), an autonomous organisation under the administrative control of the Department of Commerce, has the mandate to promote exports of rice. APEDA provides assistance to rice exporters under various component of its scheme “Agriculture & Processed Food Export Promotion Scheme of APEDA” viz. Infrastructure Development, Quality Development and Market Development. An Export Promotion Forum (EPF) has also been established under the aegis of APEDA to promote exports of various varieties of rice. The EPF has representation from trade/industry, line ministries/departments, regulatory agencies, research institutes, state governments etc. Assistance is also provided to exporters/state governments under various other schemes of Department of Commerce viz. Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES), Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme etc.

 

Two national institutes of rice namely ICAR-National Rice Research Institute (NRRI), Cuttack and ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad are engaged in the development of high yielding climate resilient new varieties/hybrids ofrice, including red rice, which are tolerant to various biotic and abiotic stresses with enhanced quality. ICAR-AII India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Rice is also engaged in research and development of rice. ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad in collaboration with its All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Rice partners have collected and evaluated 190 accessions of red rice from different parts of the country and out of which three (03) accessions have been registered with the Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights Authority (PPV & FRA). Efforts have also been made to promote export of red rice. Under the Districts as Export Hub initiative, Baramulla and Kupwara districts of Jammu & Kashmir have been identified for export of red rice. APEDA has also facilitated export of red rice from Assam. First consignment of red rice from Assam was exported to USA in March 2021.

 

Country-wise details of exports of non-basmati rice, during the period April 2020 – January 2021 and corresponding period of the previous year are given below:

 

Quantity in MT; Value in USD Million

		2019-20 (APRIL TO JAN)		2020-21 (APRIL TO JAN)
S. NO.	COUNTRY	Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
1	BENIN	470864	173.27	987756	353.44
2	NEPAL	563140	204.28	1095693	335.75
3	TOGO	257371	91.97	710028	257.56
4	COTE D' IVOIRE	264421	97.04	549510	196.97
5	GUINEA	261083	96.06	519362	191.09
6	SENEGAL	71830	24.64	615276	183.78
7	MALAYSIA	52318	21.04	353628	135.59
8	U ARAB EMTS	196287	102.92	239143	118.71
9	SOMALIA	286679	103.00	342310	117.03
10	MADAGASCAR	9112	3.08	366762	111.34
11	IRAQ	74331	42.81	217342	108.81
12	LIBERIA	150009	55.12	285283	105.45
13	DJIBOUTI	162882	59.05	288877	96.58
14	SAUDI ARAB	78938	43.00	163414	88.11
15	SOUTH AFRICA	128067	44.76	218193	76.88
16	BANGLADESH PR	12402	11.09	150150	64.95
17	MOZAMBIQUE	11140	3.94	161295	55.04
18	RUSSIA	74143	28.46	118986	45.17
19	CAMEROON	9513	3.44	125113	44.43
20	KENYA	2793	1.49	120848	43.31
21	U S A	31456	25.39	52941	41.44
22	SINGAPORE	66349	33.76	94256	40.55
23	ALGERIA	45181	16.73	105065	39.44
24	QATAR	70279	37.30	77177	39.11
25	VIETNAM SOC REP	380	0.77	115495	35.44
26	OMAN	42767	22.57	68217	34.69
27	YEMEN REPUBLC	29999	18.08	60348	33.27
28	ANGOLA	20577	8.77	79112	29.45
29	PHILIPPINES	6177	14.62	23111	27.47
30	CHINA P RP	1572	0.78	87445	26.93
31	ETHIOPIA	57404	20.84	76005	25.38
32	SIERRA LEONE	30061	11.16	71512	25.10
33	GHANA	49149	18.87	67963	24.81
34	BURKINA FASO	29541	10.25	64334	22.89
35	BHUTAN	25738	8.77	55192	21.35
36	NIGER	20332	7.05	54648	19.22
37	KUWAIT	28371	15.75	35178	19.16
38	TURKEY	18181	10.77	38607	18.40
39	CONGO P REP	4192	1.52	43340	15.80
40	GAMBIA	8510	3.17	44600	13.76
41	SUDAN	68479	25.61	32628	12.50
42	TIMOR-LESTE			36570	12.40
43	BRAZIL	4	0.00	39874	11.24
44	BAHARAIN IS	10212	5.76	17135	9.25
45	AUSTRALIA	13824	7.67	15179	9.09
46	CONGO D. REP.	2127	0.72	25701	8.82
47	MALDIVES	19215	8.03	20018	8.60
48	TANZANIA REP	1107	0.64	23650	8.49
49	U K	7158	5.05	12429	8.37
50	VENEZUELA	104	0.04	20281	8.18
51	OTHER COUNTRIES	198731	87.96	349500	145.74
	TOTAL	4044500	1638.88	9536480	3526.33
Source: DGCI&S

 

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Smt. Anupriya Patel, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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