too many and if they allow this to happen, then they feel they could be next. i think that is a very important point. larry madowo, thank you so much. when india announced an export ban on white rice last month, there were fears that it could trigger a global food crisis. the news reportedly sent some indian experts in the u.s. into panic buying mode but american rights producers say u.s. has enough of its own supply to go around. reporter: dozens of panic stricken buyers scrambling to buy rice in a store in dallas just a day after indian imposed a ban on shipments exporting it. the u.s. rice federation say they have enough to go around. but nthe new delhi restrictions
they have to get around the world. and only recently, the supply chains, they were gripped in chaos following the covid pandemic. so how is all of this now playing out? well, my next guest runs one of the biggest freight, shipping and transport companies in the world. jeremy nixon, good to see you and thanks forjoining us. and jeremy, let s start with this because we ve seen all these heat waves and floods and export bans on rice from india. just to take a few examples, i m wondering how is that playing out in terms of transporting goods and the costs of that? aaron, great to talk to you. i thinkjust generally, in terms of of crops, you know, we move a lot of products still in containers which are commodity related. so, you know, for example, the rice ban in india in the last couple of weeks i mean, as an industry, we move actually a lot of rice in containers. and so we won t be moving so many containers of rice out of india. but the final markets where that indian rice was being con