Rice traders from Hong Kong observe jasmine rice production in Thailand

SELECTED TRADE CHANGES for 2016

RICE: WORLD MARKETS AND TRADE 

• Cambodia’s exports are cut 200,000 tons to 800,000 on a smaller crop. 
• Cote d’Ivoire’s imports are trimmed 100,000 tons to 800,000 on large carrying stocks. 
• Indonesia’s imports are boosted 300,000 tons to 1.6 million to reflect recent purchases from Vietnam and Thailand. 
•  Sri Lanka’s imports are down 150,000 tons to 50,000 on an expected record crop. 
•  Vietnam’s imports are lowered 100,000 tons to 400,000 reflecting reduced supplies in Cambodia, its major supplier. 

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Top ten countries to which India exported Basmati Rice

		2014-15
Sr No.	Country	Qty	Value
1	Saudi Arab	9,66,931.17	7,26,078.26
2	Iran	9,35,567.78	6,75,896.95
3	U Arab Emts	2,78,596.43	1,92,996.56
4	Iraq	2,35,448.90	1,58,738.67
5	Kuwait	1,66,468.29	1,53,322.63
6	Yemen Republc	1,74,368.66	1,20,100.30
7	Qatar	1,24,116.36	1,13,837.73
8	U K	1,36,347.31	89,981.41
9	U S A	89,223.17	80,540.10
10	Jordan	61,815.51	45,766.76
	Page Total	31,68,883.58	23,57,259.37

Value in Rs. Lacs
Quantity in MT

Rice exports from JANUARY 2014 Till today

India exported rice worth USD 8,421,220,806 with total quantity of 12,316,057,563.
Iran is the largest buyer of rice accounting for exports worth USD 1,531,796,461 followed by Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates which imported rice worth USD 1,343,132,264 and USD 768,274,426 respectively.
source:www.zauba.com

7th Annual TRT World Rice Conference

California Calrose rice was the recipient of the highly-coveted “World’s Best Rice” award : Nov 03, 2015

Worlds-Best-Rice-Award KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA -- Last week, hundreds of delegates from more than 30 countries gathered here for the 7th Annual TRT World Rice Conference, where it was announced that California Calrose rice was the recipient of the highly-coveted “World’s Best Rice” award. 

A panel of culinary experts and prominent international chefs chose Calrose rice as the “World’s Best Rice” from an assortment of 25 entries submitted by delegates across the globe.  California Calrose beat out Cambodia/Thai Fragment Jasmine rice, the reigning “World’s Best Rice” winner for the past three years.