Problems & Prospects of Rice Export from India

Table 1 : Export of Basmati Rice from India to different continents
SL Continents

1998-1999

1999-2000

2000-2001
1. Asia 512,194 85.69 1583.99 84.39 524,241 82.12 1403.70 78.84 625,024 73.38 1511.06 69.76
2. Europe 68,216 11.41 238.88 12.73 91,732 14.37 285.17 16.02 174,216 20.46 469.16 21.66
3. North Central Ameria 8,338 1.39 31.77 1.69 18,969 2.97 79.40 4.46 44,953 5.28 161.84 7.47
4. South America 15 - 0.08 - 4 - 0.02 - 42 0.01 0.11 0.01
5. Oceana 647 0.11 2.25 0.12 1,126 0.18 3.99 0.22 2,835 0.33 9.56 0.44
6. Africa 8,346 1.40 19.94 1.06 2,269 0.35 8.01 0.45 4,631 0.54 14.23 0.66
7. Others - - - - 39 0.01 0.05 - 21 - 0.03 -
Total 597,756 100.0 1876.91 100.0 638,380 100.0 1780.34 100.0 851,722 100.0 2165.99 100.0
Source : Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics. 
  : Directorate of Rice Development, Patna.