Lok Sabha Question No. 416 (STARRED), answered on 2021-03-24
Subject: Export of Rice
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Dhanush M Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 416 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th MARCH, 2021

## EXPORT OF RICE

- *416.  SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR: SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािण�य एवं उ�ोग मं�ी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether reduction of import duty on rice by Bangladesh is likely to benefit India;
- (b) if so, the estimated quantity of non-basmati rice to be exported to Bangladesh and the amount of foreign exchange to be earned;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to take steps to boost export of non-basmati rice to other countries;
- (d) the details of total export of non-basmati rice from the country during the last three years along with the names of countries to which these exports were made; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  guidelines/rules  to  regulate  export  of basmati and non-basmati rice from the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

okf.kT; ,oa m|ksx ea=h ( Jh ih;w'k xks;y ) THE MINISTER OF  COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (e):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to ( e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 416  FOR ANSWER ON 24 th  MARCH, 2021 REGARDING   'EXPORT OF RICE'.

(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. Reduction of import duty on rice by Bangladesh is likely to result in higher imports  of  rice  by  that  country which  may  result  in  higher  exports  of  rice  from  India  to Bangladesh. During the current financial year (April, 2020 - January , 2021), India's export of non-basmati rice to Bangladesh has increased to 1.47 lakh MT, as compared to 0.12 lakh MT during  the  corresponding  period  of  2019-20.  However,  as  exports  are  affected  by  several factors such as demand, supply and relative prices, both domestic and international prevailing, an estimate of the quantity of export of non-basmati rice to Bangladesh and amount of foreign exchange to be earned, potentially, is difficult to make.

- (c) : The  promotion  of  exports  of  agricultural  commodities  like  non-basmati  rice  is  an ongoing 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  non-basmati  rice.  APEDA  provides assistance  to  the  exporters  of  non-basmati  rice  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 basmati as well as non-basmati rice. 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.

(d) : The details of total export of non-basmati rice from the country during the last three years and the current financial year (Apr-Jan), along with the names of countries to which these exports were made, are at Annexure-I .

(e): Basmati rice is a notified commodity under the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963, and is subject to quality control and inspection prior to export in  accordance with Export of Basmati Rice (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules, 2003 and related orders issued from time to time. Registration of contracts with APEDA, prior to shipment, is also mandatory for export of Basmati rice.

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|                           | EXPORT OF NON-BASMATI RICE   | EXPORT OF NON-BASMATI RICE   | EXPORT OF NON-BASMATI RICE   | EXPORT OF NON-BASMATI RICE   | EXPORT OF NON-BASMATI RICE   | EXPORT OF NON-BASMATI RICE   | EXPORT OF NON-BASMATI RICE             | EXPORT OF NON-BASMATI RICE             |
|---------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|                           | 2017-18                      | 2017-18                      | 2018-19                      | 2018-19                      | Qty in '000 MT; 2019-20      | Qty in '000 MT; 2019-20      | Value in USD million 2020-21 (Apr-Jan) | Value in USD million 2020-21 (Apr-Jan) |
| COUNTRY                   | Qty                          | Value                        | Qty                          | Value                        | Qty                          | Value                        | Qty                                    | Value                                  |
| BENIN                     | 778.78                       | 314.19                       | 699.01                       | 264.16                       | 535.25                       | 195.90                       | 987.76                                 | 353.44                                 |
| NEPAL                     | 624.86                       | 240.40                       | 768.97                       | 281.15                       | 681.17                       | 245.30                       | 1034.60                                | 319.64                                 |
| TOGO                      | 123.60                       | 47.98                        | 252.38                       | 93.18                        | 302.83                       | 107.90                       | 710.03                                 | 257.56                                 |
| COTE D' IVOIRE            | 398.49                       | 148.95                       | 438.09                       | 163.17                       | 293.89                       | 107.70                       | 549.51                                 | 196.97                                 |
| GUINEA                    | 461.98                       | 173.81                       | 467.69                       | 175.93                       | 327.42                       | 120.41                       | 519.36                                 | 191.09                                 |
| SENEGAL                   | 833.06                       | 263.22                       | 720.48                       | 220.83                       | 217.77                       | 67.49                        | 615.28                                 | 183.78                                 |
| MALAYSIA                  | 9.15                         | 6.09                         | 30.33                        | 13.77                        | 73.34                        | 28.62                        | 353.63                                 | 135.59                                 |
| UARAB EMTS                | 273.77                       | 149.21                       | 291.58                       | 147.69                       | 249.53                       | 130.92                       | 239.34                                 | 118.85                                 |
| SOMALIA                   | 328.26                       | 125.38                       | 326.92                       | 120.89                       | 346.06                       | 122.95                       | 342.31                                 | 117.03                                 |
| MADAGASCAR                | 184.28                       | 65.16                        | 148.73                       | 48.96                        | 10.95                        | 3.69                         | 366.76                                 | 111.34                                 |
| IRAQ                      | 77.33                        | 50.20                        | 61.24                        | 36.53                        | 87.96                        | 50.33                        | 217.34                                 | 108.81                                 |
| LIBERIA                   | 264.15                       | 100.20                       | 301.11                       | 116.97                       | 219.85                       | 79.94                        | 285.28                                 | 105.45                                 |
| DJIBOUTI                  | 220.02                       | 80.19                        | 267.18                       | 90.70                        | 192.79                       | 69.04                        | 288.88                                 | 96.58                                  |
| SAUDI ARAB                | 129.33                       | 73.38                        | 184.80                       | 98.29                        | 115.28                       | 62.08                        | 163.41                                 | 88.11                                  |
| SOUTHAFRICA               | 142.72                       | 55.08                        | 149.88                       | 54.35                        | 149.64                       | 51.90                        | 218.19                                 | 76.88                                  |
| BANGLADESH PR             | 2037.98                      | 835.39                       | 529.94                       | 219.35                       | 13.08                        | 12.12                        | 147.29                                 | 63.85                                  |
| MOZAMBIQUE                | 2.07                         | 0.80                         | 10.97                        | 3.90                         | 12.81                        | 4.51                         | 161.30                                 | 55.04                                  |
| RUSSIA                    | 53.93                        | 22.33                        | 71.67                        | 28.16                        | 91.64                        | 35.03                        | 118.99                                 | 45.17                                  |
| CAMEROON                  | 47.14                        | 19.02                        | 7.54                         | 2.37                         | 9.64                         | 3.49                         | 125.11                                 | 44.43                                  |
| KENYA                     | 10.69                        | 5.28                         | 31.35                        | 12.18                        | 7.54                         | 3.41                         | 120.85                                 | 43.31                                  |
| U S A                     | 40.49                        | 33.28                        | 42.77                        | 34.49                        | 39.26                        | 31.36                        | 52.94                                  | 41.44                                  |
| SINGAPORE                 | 66.50                        | 35.74                        | 66.16                        | 32.86                        | 81.93                        | 41.01                        | 94.26                                  | 40.55                                  |
| ALGERIA                   | 28.38                        | 11.64                        | 56.56                        | 22.43                        | 50.29                        | 18.66                        | 105.07                                 | 39.44                                  |
| QATAR                     | 97.44                        | 54.05                        | 101.72                       | 53.25                        | 86.98                        | 45.54                        | 77.17                                  | 39.11                                  |
| VIETNAM SOC REP           | 0.93                         | 2.45                         | 0.88                         | 2.18                         | 0.39                         | 0.78                         | 115.50                                 | 35.44                                  |
| OMAN                      | 64.07                        | 34.88                        | 76.83                        | 38.41                        | 54.34                        | 28.69                        | 68.22                                  | 34.69                                  |
| YEMEN REPUBLC             | 84.78                        | 52.00                        | 75.71                        | 45.42                        | 42.19                        | 24.76                        | 60.35                                  | 33.27                                  |
| ANGOLA                    | 17.09                        | 6.42                         | 33.57                        | 13.12                        | 33.21                        | 13.62                        | 79.11                                  | 29.45                                  |
| PHILIPPINES               | 6.67                         | 15.62                        | 106.67                       | 57.79                        | 7.13                         | 16.98                        | 23.11 87.45                            | 27.47                                  |
| CHINA P RP ETHIOPIA       | 0.09 58.74                   | 0.05 21.52                   | 0.97 87.51                   | 0.97 31.21                   | 1.57 67.15                   | 0.78 24.30                   | 76.01                                  | 26.93 25.38                            |
| SIERRA LEONE              | 46.32                        | 17.63                        | 48.17                        | 17.70                        | 33.65                        | 12.48                        | 71.51                                  | 25.10                                  |
| GHANA                     | 77.44                        | 30.37                        | 68.83                        | 26.94                        | 55.46                        | 21.22                        | 67.96                                  | 24.81                                  |
| BURKINA FASO              | 20.05                        | 7.70                         | 47.51                        | 17.33                        | 36.28                        | 12.66                        | 64.33                                  | 22.89                                  |
| KUWAIT                    | 36.93                        | 22.29                        |                              | 25.48                        | 36.13                        | 20.02                        | 35.18                                  | 19.16                                  |
| TURKEY                    | 92.89                        | 41.39                        | 45.05                        | 21.52                        | 23.93                        | 13.36                        |                                        |                                        |
|                           |                              |                              | 45.27 2.35                   | 0.88                         | 37.23                        |                              | 38.61                                  | 18.40                                  |
| BHUTAN                    | 4.42                         | 1.75                         |                              |                              |                              | 12.90                        | 43.81                                  | 17.80                                  |
| GAMBIA                    | 26.53                        | 9.05                         |                              | 20.14                        | 11.07                        | 4.12                         | 44.60                                  | 13.76                                  |
|                           |                              |                              | 59.57                        |                              |                              |                              |                                        |                                        |
| SUDAN                     | 58.86                        | 23.74                        | 56.46                        | 21.86                        | 74.22                        | 27.80                        | 32.63                                  | 12.50                                  |
| TIMOR-LESTE               | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 36.57                                  | 12.40                                  |
| BAHARAIN                  | 19.74                        | 11.27                        |                              |                              | 13.39                        |                              | 17.14                                  | 9.25                                   |
| IS                        |                              |                              | 18.97                        | 10.34                        |                              | 7.48                         |                                        |                                        |
| AUSTRALIA                 | 6.82                         | 5.49                         | 11.81                        | 6.86                         | 15.93                        | 8.92                         | 15.18                                  | 9.09                                   |
| CONGO D. REP. MALDIVES    | 0.14 21.62                   | 0.06 9.05                    | 2.53 27.71                   | 0.92 11.58                   | 2.14 27.23                   | 0.73 11.48                   | 25.70 20.02                            | 8.82 8.60                              |
| REP                       | 2.43                         | 1.04                         | 1.24                         | 0.56                         | 1.46                         | 0.78                         | 23.65                                  | 8.49                                   |
| TANZANIA                  |                              |                              |                              |                              |                              |                              |                                        |                                        |
| U K                       | 9.12 0.12                    | 7.60 0.05                    | 12.54 0.00                   | 9.12 0.00                    | 9.32 18.10                   | 6.56 8.05                    | 12.43 20.28                            | 8.38 8.18                              |
| VENEZUELA OTHER COUNTRIES | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |                              |                              |                                        | 0.00                                   |
| TOTAL                     | 8818.53                      | 3636.60                      | 7648.00                      | 3038.16                      | 0.00 5056.28                 | 0.00 2031.25                 | 0.00 9462.83                           | 3505.74                                |

Source: DGCI&S

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