Lok Sabha Question No. 2292 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Export of Rice and Wheat
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: RAGHAV LAKHANPAL, DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2292 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01 st  JANUARY,2018

## EXPORT OF RICE AND WHEAT

## 2292.   SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL: SHRI DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वा ͨणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंğी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the total quantity and value of rice including basmati rice and wheat exported from the country annually during the last five years and the current year;
- (b) the details of India's share in the global market for basmati rice as an exporter and the details of other basmati rice exporting countries indicating their share in global trade of basmati;
- (c) whether there is an increase/ decline in the export of basmati rice from the country during  the  last  three  years  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  there  have  been  instances  of  dumping  of  agricultural  products  in  the country  from  various  countries  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps taken  to  prevent  such  incidents  and  make  the  country  self  reliant  in  terms  of agricultural products; and
- (e) the measures taken by the Government to ensure the minimum price to wheat and rice  farmers  in  the  country  and  to  ensure  regular  supply  of  food  grains  in  the domestic market?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) The  details  of  total  quantity  and  value  of  rice,  including  basmati  rice,  and  wheat exported from the country, annually during the last five years and the current year, are as under:

Quantity in Lakh MT; Value in US$ Million

| Product      | 2012-13   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   |
|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|              | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     |
| Basmati Rice | 34.60     | 3,564.04  | 37.57     | 4,866.30  | 37.02     | 4,518.11  | 40.46     | 3,477.98  | 39.85     | 3,216.59  | 26.22     | 2,610.70  |
| Non Basmati  | 66.88     | 2,651.97  | 71.33     | 2,917.76  | 82.74     | 3,334.71  | 64.65     | 2,368.64  | 67.71     | 2,531.47  | 55.70     | 2,295.20  |

| Rice   |       |          |       |          |       |        |      |        |      |       |     |      |
|--------|-------|----------|-------|----------|-------|--------|------|--------|------|-------|-----|------|
| Wheat  | 65.15 | 1,934.24 | 55.62 | 1,566.49 | 29.24 | 828.76 | 6.67 | 164.22 | 2.66 | 67.24 | 1.8 | 47.2 |

Source: DGCI&S

- (b) Other than India, basmati rice is produced and exported only by Pakistan. As per trade sources,  share of  India in  global market for  basmati  rice  is  about  85%, the  balance 15% being from Pakistan.
- (c) Due to increase in the cultivated area and higher production of basmati rice in India during  Kharif  2014  and  Kharif  2015,  prices  in  the  global  market  were  lower. Therefore, there was decline in export realisation of Basmati rice during 2015-16 and 2016-17, in value terms.  However, the prices of basmati rice have picked up during the past one year and there is a growth of about 30% in the current year, as compared to the same period in the previous year.
- (d) The Government has not received any reports of dumping of agricultural products in the  country.  The  Directorate  General  of  Anti-dumping  and  Allied  Duties  has  not received any application for imposition of anti-dumping duty on agricultural products.
- (e) To ensure remunerative prices for wheat and rice farmers, the Government annually fixes Minimum Support Price (MSP) for wheat and rice and carries out procurement operations,  if  required.  In  order  to  increase  production  of  rice  and  wheat  in  the country,  the  Government  of  India  is  implementing,  through  State  Governments, several  crop  Development  Schemes/Programmes  such  as  National  Food  Security Mission (NFSM), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Bringing Green Revolution  to  Eastern  India  (BGREI)  National  Mission  for  Sustainable  Agriculture (NMSA), Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY), etc.

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