Exports of
broken rice will be allowed on the basis of permission given by the government
for shipments to other countries for meeting their food security needs, according
to a notification. In general, the
export of broken rice is banned.
“The export
policy of broken rice is prohibited, however, export will be allowed on the
basis of permission granted by the Government of India to other countries to
meet their food security needs and based on the request of their government,”
the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification issued a
few days ago.
On September 9
last year, the government banned export of broken rice to check rising retail
prices and boost domestic supply.
A 20 per cent export duty had also been
imposed on non-basmati rice except for the par-boiled, to discourage exports.
India, the
world's second-largest rice producer after China, commands a 40 per cent share
in the global trade. The country exported 21.2 million tons of rice in 2021-22,
of which 3.94 million tons were basmati rice.