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India Bans Export Of Broken Rice, Imposes 20 Per Cent Duty On Non-Basmati Rice

The move to hike duty is likely to discourage global buyers from making purchases from India and prompt them to shift towards rivals Thailand and Vietnam

The Centre in a late night order on Thursday banned exports of broken rice and imposed a 20 per cent duty on exports of various grades of rice with immediate effect as India tries to augment supplies in an attempt to cool prices, Reuters said.

According to the report, India, the world’s biggest exporter of the grain, exports rice to more than 150 countries, and any reduction in its shipments would increase upward pressure on food prices, which are already rising because of drought, heat-waves and Russia-Ukraine war.

The move to hike duty is likely to discourage global buyers from making purchases from India and prompt them to shift towards rivals Thailand and Vietnam, which have been struggling to increase shipments and raise prices.

The government banned exports of 100 per cent broken rice, which a few poor African countries import for human consumption, though that variety is mainly used for feed purposes. The government has excluded parboiled and basmati rice from the export duty, which will come into effect from September 9.

B V Krishna Rao, president of the All India Rice Exporters Association, said that the duty will impact white and brown rice, which account for more than 60 per cent of the country’s exports.  “With this duty, Indian rice shipments will become uncompetitive in the world market. Buyers will shift to Thailand and Vietnam,” Rao said.

India accounts for more than 40 per cent of global rice shipments and competes with Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Myanmar in the international market.

Below-average rainfall in key rice-producing states such as West Bengal, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh has raised concerns over India’s rice production. The country has already banned wheat exports and restricted sugar shipments this year.

Himanshu Agarwal, executive director at Satyam Balajee, India's biggest rice exporter, said Indian exports would fall by at least 25 per cent in coming months because of the duty.

Exporters want the government to provide some relief for export contracts that have already been signed, with vessels loading at the ports.

“Buyers can't pay 20 per cent more over agreed price and even sellers can’t afford to pay the levy. The government should exempt already signed contracts from the levy,” he said.

India's rice exports touched a record 21.5 million tonnes in 2021, more than the combined shipments of the world's next four biggest exporters of the grain – Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan, and the US.

India has been cheapest supplier of rice by huge margin and that shielded African countries such as Nigeria, Benin, and Cameroon to an extent from a rally in wheat and corn prices, said a Mumbai-based dealer with a global trading firm. “Except rice, prices of all food crops were rising. Rice is joining the rally now,” he said, while adding that the ban on broken rice shipments could badly affect China’s purchases for feed purpose.

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