
Indian exporters say the rupee's 6% depreciation in 2020 improves competitiveness for farm, textile and gems exports. APEDA data show FY20 agricultural and processed food exports fell to $35.1 billion from $38.5 billion.
Analysts see the rupee possibly reaching 80 per dollar.
A weaker rupee can make Indian rice and other farm exports more competitive, which could support Asian rice demand and pressure global rice prices lower.
After 16 past bearish macro events, RICE moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -5.1% to +1.7%), and +4.1% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.