Lok Sabha Question No. 3569 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Import and Export of Rice
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: AJAY NISHAD

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3569(H) TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH  AUGUST, 2016

## IMPORT AND EXPORT OF RICE

## 3569(H). SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether India has imported rice during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  names  of  the  countries  from  which  India  is importing rice; and
- (c) the  rank  of  India  among  the  world's  rice  exporting  countries  and  the  names  of  the countries to which India is exporting rice?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a & b): India has imported negligible quantities of rice during the past three years and the current year. The import in quantity terms were 1439 MT in 2013-14, 1958 MT in 2014-15, 1021 MT in 2015-16 and 248 MT during  the current year (April to June 2016).    In  value  terms  the  imports  were  USD  1.37  million  in  2013-14,  USD  1.77 million in 2014-15, USD 0.91 million in 2015-16 and USD 0.23 million in 2016-17 (April to June, 2016). The names of the countries from which India is importing rice are Spain, Thailand, USA, Italy, UAE etc.
- (c): As per UNCOMTRADE, India is the largest exporter of rice in the world with export of  11.02  million  MT  during  calendar  year  2015,  valued  at  USD  6.38  billion.  The country-wise details of India's export of rice (Top 5 countries) are as under:

Quantity in Lakh MT; Value in US $ Million

|              | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16 (P)   | 2015-16 (P)   | 2016-17 (APR TO JUNE) (P)   | 2016-17 (APR TO JUNE) (P)   |
|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| COUNTRY      | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity  | Value     | Quantity      | Value         | Quantity                    | Value                       |
| SAUDI ARABIA | 9.66      | 1,195.43  | 11.49     | 1,294.19  | 11.01         | 919.86        | 2.57                        | 192.01                      |
| UAE          | 3.73      | 313.56    | 5.20      |           | 8.68          | 589.33        | 2.23                        | 154.12                      |
| IRAN         | 15.32     | 1,918.60  | 10.05     | 1,167.87  | 7.14          | 583.06        | 3.78                        | 291.48                      |
| IRAQ         | 2.36      | 283.44    | 2.76      |           |               |               | 1.37                        | 88.88                       |

|                 |        |          |        | 284.51   |   4.73 | 368.16   |       |          |
|-----------------|--------|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------|-------|----------|
| SENEGAL         |   6.52 | 195.79   |   7.66 | 226.60   |   8.88 | 246.18   |  1.81 | 49.27    |
| OTHER COUNTRIES |  71.31 | 3,883.23 |  82.85 | 4,440.02 |  64.62 | 3,100.91 | 17.55 | 786.09   |
| Grand Total     | 108.9  | 7,790.05 | 120.01 | 7,853.12 | 105.06 | 5,807.50 | 29.31 | 1,561.85 |

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Source: DGCI&S; (P) - Provisional