Rice valuing $1.066 billion were exported in the first of the financial year 2021-22 as against the exports of $963.379 million of the corresponding period of last year.

Chandigarh, Jan 20 (PTI) The BJP-JJP government’s decision to increase the Haryana Rural Development Fund (HRDF) charge on paddy is an “anti-farmer” move, the Congress said on Thursday.

Pakistan and Japan on Thursday agreed for further enhancing bilateral trade, particularly trade in agriculture produces, besides enhancing mutual cooperation to benefit from expertise and knowledge for the welfare of the people of both the countries

According to sources Hafed had received a confirmed export supply order of 5,000 MT of Indian Sell Basmati Rice from a leading importer of Saudi Arabia

A new rice variety suitable for sodic soil conditions, developed by the Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute (ADACRI) at Navalur Kuttapattu in Tiruchi, has been released by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU).

Syria received more than 4,000 tons of rice from China on Sunday, the latest in a long line of humanitarian supplies China has provided to Syria to ease the Syrian people’s suffering.

A new front has been opened for the export of basmati rice as Latin America (LatAM) has opened doors to Indian basmati rice for the first time. The LatAm countries have sent import enquiries to Indian basmati exporters who said consignments will leave Indian ports in December.

Earlier today, 26 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed onto a letter led by rice and wheat state Members Rick Crawford (R-AR) and Tracey Mann (R-KS) to U.S.

China will soon send a shipment of rice to Sri Lanka as a donation, a Ministry of Trade spokesman said. The donation comes in the wake of the 70 year anniversary of the Sri Lanka – China Rubber Rice pact on 1952.

Nearly a third of India’s rice exports for this month are stuck due to a shortage of freight trains and most traders have stopped signing February export contracts to avoid demurrage charges, industry officials told Reuters.