Voluntary Report - public distribution

**Date:** 10/28/2004

**GAIN Report Number:** IN4118

IN4118

**India**

**Grain and Feed**

**Rice Export Data, January-October 2004**

**2004**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Chad R. Russell

U.S. Embassy, New Delhi

**Prepared by:**

A. Govindan

**Report Highlights:**

India's rice exports from January through October 2004 are estimated at
around 2.3 million tons.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

New Delhi \[IN1\]

\[IN\]

Based on official statistics, India's rice exports from January through
June 2004 totaled around 1.5 million tons (Tables 1-3), including
610,000 tons of basmati rice. July - October 2004 exports, based on
shipment data provided by a private shipping agency, are estimated at
around 800,000 tons (Table 4), taking January -- October 2004 exports to
around 2.3 million tons.

**Table 1: India - Basmati Rice Exports (metric tons)**

  ------------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -------------
  **Basmati     Jan\'04   Feb\'04   Mar\'04   Apr\'04   May\'04   Jun\'04   Jan-Jun\'04
  Rice**                                                                    

  Australia     30        156       160       214       281       394       1,235

  Bahrain       87        131       145       48        167       269       847

  Bangladesh    330       108       250       128       0         0         816

  Belgium       1,162     943       2,292     1,324     1,549     1,059     8,329

  Canada        657       784       935       370       885       941       4,572

  Djibouti      0         0         0         0         42        0         42

  France        1,005     1,294     2,408     1,422     2,068     918       9,115

  Germany       1,807     1,111     839       974       1,142     488       6,361

  Guinea        0         0         0         0         0         0         0

  Italy         2,450     4,461     2,345     1,232     2,192     940       13,620

  Kenya         0         0         14        0         0         14        28

  Kuwait        5,114     4,783     8,728     7,565     11,514    9,799     47,503

  Malaysia      0         0         0         0         0         0         0

  Mauritius     646       379       519       294       419       851       3,108

  Mozambique    0         0         0         40        0         0         40

  Netherlands   1,147     1,009     2,188     1         1,422     456       6,223

  Nigeria                 0         0         0         0         0         0

  Oman          235       318       250       284       205       216       1,508

  Qatar         137       476       456       341       512       304       2,226

  Saudi Arabia  64,434    87,767    85,247    60,670    42,932    66,053    407,103

  Singapore     25        55        59        91        60        8         298

  Somalia       0         0         0         0         25        0         25

  South Africa  0         785       86        100       160       244       1,375

  Sri Lanka     0         0         0         0         0         23        23

  Sweden        1,077     860       741       359       271       453       3,761

  UAE           3,178     4,285     6,327     3,603     3,628     5,478     26,499

  UK            4,529     7,455     5,264     6,595     3,371     7,064     34,278

  USA           1,921     2,695     2,468     1,175     3,137     1,626     13,022

  Yemen         3,599     223       0         328       3,984     746       8,880

  Zimbabwe      0         0         0         0         0         0         0

  Other         912       1,556     1,652     919       1,701     1,069     7,809

  Total         94,482    121,634   123,373   88,077    81,667    99,413    608,646
  ------------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -------------

Source: Director General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, GOI

# Table 2: India - Non-basmati Rice Exports (metric tons)

  ----------------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -------------
  **Non-basmati**   Jan\'04   Feb\'04   Mar\'04   Apr\'04   May\'04   Jun\'04   Jan-Jun\'04

  Australia         2,503     84        91        137       149       102       3,066

  Bahrain           797       982       214       246       255       330       2,824

  Bangladesh        60,961    76,964    81,324    21,221    8,918     5,106     254,494

  Belgium           0         15        0         0         23        0         38

  Canada            107       60        170       247       100       129       813

  Djibouti          0         0         709       350       8,103     700       9,862

  France            23        126       49        46        11        45        300

  Germany           16,500    0         130       413       24        0         17,067

  Guinea            0         0         0         0         18,400    0         18,400

  Italy             0         0         0         0         20        0         20

  Kenya             500       6,650     3,974     1,161     2,472     1,250     16,007

  Kuwait            1,012     897       1,178     1,847     1,153     564       6,651

  Malaysia          3,133     1,051     401       0         9,002     506       14,093

  Mauritius         24        84        144       30        98        49        429

  Mozambique        16,955    0         0         1,000     0         0         17,955

  Netherlands       0         0         0         0         0         0         0

  Nigeria           0         1,000     15,500    19,220    9,000     18,824    63,544

  Oman              58        680       322       406       386       270       2,122

  Qatar             369       360       242       304       272       387       1,934

  Saudi Arabia      15,430    10,614    23,274    20,044    12,450    10,995    92,807

  Singapore         6,114     958       1,242     1,184     790       3,607     13,895

  Somalia           6,198     5,055     3,192     7,910     628       7,850     30,833

  South Africa      8,800     200       6,571     19,876    19,031    88,186    142,664

  Sri Lanka         85        402       19        140       2,002     467       3,115

  Sweden            0         0         0         0         0         0         0

  UAE               5,945     5,527     5,786     7,106     9,742     4,930     39,036

  UK                0         37        124       29        76        158       424

  USA               134       161       632       740       333       317       2,317

  Yemen             5,120     785       4,263     700       1,250     752       12,870

  Zimbabwe          0         0         0         0         17,300    0         17,300

  Other             7,185     4,390     12,629    1,555     29,581    15,781    71,121

  Total             157,953   117,082   162,180   105,912   151,569   161,305   856,001
  ----------------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -------------

Source: Director General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, GOI

# Table 3: India - Total Rice Exports (metric tons)

  ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ---------------
  **ALL RICE**  Jan\'04       Feb\'04       Mar\'04       Apr\'04       May\'04       Jun\'04       Jan-Jun\'04

  Australia     2,533         240           251           351           430           496           4,301

  Bahrain       884           1,113         359           294           422           599           3,671

  Bangladesh    61,291        77,072        81,574        21,349        8,918         5,106         255,310

  Belgium       1,162         958           2,292         1,324         1,572         1,059         8,367

  Canada        764           844           1,105         617           985           1,070         5,385

  Djibouti      0             0             709           350           8,145         700           9,904

  France        1,028         1,420         2,457         1,468         2,079         963           9,415

  Germany       18,307        1,111         969           1,387         1,166         488           23,428

  Guinea        0             0             0             0             18,400        0             18,400

  Italy         2,450         4,461         2,345         1,232         2,212         940           13,640

  Kenya         500           6,650         3,988         1,161         2,472         1,264         16,035

  Kuwait        6,126         5,680         9,906         9,412         12,667        10,363        54,154

  Malaysia      3,133         1,051         401           0             9,002         506           14,093

  Mauritius     670           463           663           324           517           900           3,537

  Mozambique    16,955        0             0             1,040         0             0             17,995

  Netherlands   1,147         1,009         2,188         1             1,422         456           6,223

  Nigeria       0             1,000         15,500        19,220        9,000         18,824        63,544

  Oman          293           998           572           690           591           486           3,630

  Qatar         506           836           698           645           784           691           4,160

  Saudi Arabia  79,864        98,381        108,521       80,714        55,382        77,048        499,910

  Singapore     6,139         1,013         1,301         1,275         850           3,615         14,193

  Somalia       6,198         5,055         3,192         7,910         653           7,850         30,858

  South Africa  8,800         985           6,657         19,976        19,191        88,430        144,039

  Sri Lanka     85            402           19            140           2,002         490           3,138

  Sweden        1,077         860           741           359           271           453           3,761

  UAE           9,123         9,812         12,113        10,709        13,370        10,408        65,535

  UK            4,529         7,492         5,388         6,624         3,447         7,222         34,702

  USA           2,055         2,856         3,100         1,915         3,470         1,943         15,339

  Yemen         8,719         1,008         4,263         1,028         5,234         1,498         21,750

  Zimbabwe      0             0             0             0             17,300        0             17,300

  Other         8,097         5,946         14,281        2,474         30,650        15,781        77,229

  **Total**     **252,435**   **238,716**   **285,553**   **193,989**   **233,236**   **260,718**   **1,464,647**

  Cumulative    252,435       491,151       776,704       970,693       1,203,929     1,464,647     
  ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ---------------

Source: Director General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, GOI

# Table 4: July-October Rice Exports (metric tons) 1/

  ------------------ ------------ ------------ ---------- ------------ ----------------
                     **Jul'04**   **Aug'04**   **'Sep     **Oct'04**   **Jul-Oct'04**
                                               04**                    

  Saudi Arabia       109,500      84,500       91,500     86,500       372,000

  Nigeria            43,000       20,000       30,500     51,400       144,900

  Senegal            22,600                                            22,600

  Somalia            6,800                                8,000        14,800

  South Africa                    12,800                  5,650        18,450

  Other Africa       18,000       112,750      13,650     10,000       154,400

  Muscat                          14,500                               14,500

  Ethiopia                        4,250                                4,250

  Yemen                           6,000                                6,000

  Singapore                       5,500                                5,500

  U.K.                                         14,000                  14,000

  Papua New Guinea                             12,000                  12,000

  Bangladesh                                              8,500        8,500

  **Total**          199,900      260,300      161,650    170,050      791,900
  ------------------ ------------ ------------ ---------- ------------ ----------------

1/ Post Estimate, based on shipment data provided by a private shipping
agency