India has emerged as consistent, reliable supplier of agricultural products: APEDA Chairman
April 19, 2021
India’s exports of rice, wheat and millets witnessed an impressive rise in 2020-21.
Agricultural exports, particularly Agricultural and Processed Food Exports Development Authority (APEDA) scheduled products, were one of the bright spots of the last fiscal.
There was an increased demand for food products to meet food security needs in other countries and despite challenges on the logistics front, the Indian government supported and helped at each step to facilitate shipments, says APEDA Chairman Dr M Angamuth.
India supplied food items through chartered planes on demand from some countries. As a result, the country has emerged as a “consistent and reliable supplier”. “We have gained significant goodwill this year for supplying interrupted quality goods despite limitations,” says the APEDA chairman in an e-mailed interview to
India Exports Non-Basmati Rice To China After Three Decades: Hereâs What Exporters Say On Its Long-Term Prospects
by M R Subramani - Dec 21, 2020 11:05 AM
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Snapshot
Agricultural production in China has been hit by drought and floods over the last four to five years.
Another reason for China turning to India is that rice production in Thailand and Vietnam this year has been affected due to drought.
Indiaâs agricultural exports, particularly rice shipments, have been a revelation this year, when the country has been going through tough times due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
Indiaâs rice exports have performed exceedingly well this year on both basmati and non-basmati fronts, with total shipments rising nearly 25 per cent during April-November period of the current fiscal, compared with the same period a year ago.
Two Indian firms bag Bangladesh tender to import 1 lakh tonne non-Basmati rice
Bangla Tribune reported that the Sheikh Hasina Wazed Government’s Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase had last week cleared the purchase through the global tender costing $20.21 million.
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Two Indian firms have bagged global tenders floated by Bangladesh to import one lakh tonnes of parboiled non-Basmati rice to overcome supply shortage and surge in rice prices.
“Two Indian firms have won the Bangladesh rice import tenders. While one firm has bagged the first tender, agreeing to sell 50,000 tonnes rice at $405 a tonne, the other firm will offer another 50,000 tonnes at $416,” said Rice Exporters Association (REA) President B V Krishna Rao.