# Non-basmati rice exports surge in FY21 due to global demand, savvy pricing | Economy & Policy News - Business Standard

> Non-basmati rice exports in FY21 totaled about $4.8 billion, up 136% year on year, driven by competitive Indian pricing and demand from African and Asian buyers during the pandemic. Basmati exports fell 8% in value over the same period.

- Date: 2021-05-12 · published 2021-05-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47046-non-basmati-rice-exports-surge-in-fy21-due-to-global-demand-savvy-pricing
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Aggressive Indian pricing is taking share in global rice trade, which tends to pressure rough rice and other cereal export prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2018-06-15 | [Rice exports to decline by 10% on restrictions from importing countries \| Economy & Policy News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64485-rice-exports-to-decline-by-10-on-restrictions-from-importing-countries-economy.md) | +3.2% | -4.0% |
| RICE | 2018-10-25 | [In bid narrow trade gap, India aims to export 1 mn tonnes of rice to China \| Economy & Policy News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62497-in-bid-narrow-trade-gap-india-aims-to-export-1-mn-tonnes-of-rice-to-china.md) | -2.5% | -0.6% |
| RICE | 2021-11-09 | [Non-basmati rice exports may shrink in 2022 - The Economic Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44028-non-basmati-rice-exports-may-shrink-in-2022-the-economic-times.md) | +6.1% | +4.3% |
| RICE | 2025-02-18 | [Industry body calls for broken rice exports as stocks hit nine times target \| Industry News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26005-industry-body-calls-for-broken-rice-exports-as-stocks-hit-nine-times-target.md) | -4.1% | -3.8% |
| RICE | 2026-05-05 | [Indian non-basmati rice prices fall to multiyear low amid Africa policy disruption, new crop arrivals \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19305-indian-non-basmati-rice-prices-fall-to-multiyear-low-amid-africa-policy.md) | +4.6% | +11.3% |

## Sources

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/non-basmati-rice-exports-surge-in-fy21-due-to-global-demand-savvy-pricing-121051200157_1.html

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