# US-Iran crisis hits rice exporters, hundreds of containers struck at Gujarat port

> Indian rice exports to Iran stalled after US-Iran tensions rose following the killing of General Soleimani. A shipment of hundreds of containers was stopped at Mundra port in Gujarat, and exporters have halted the second shipment.

- Date: 2020-01-08 · published 2020-01-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55049-us-iran-crisis-hits-rice-exporters-hundreds-of-containers-struck-at-gujarat-port
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Iran is a major buyer of Indian basmati, so the halted shipments remove a large export outlet and weigh on basmati prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2026-03-05 | [How West Asia conflict has hit India’s rice exports, left thousands of containers stuck at ports \| Explained News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12572-how-west-asia-conflict-has-hit-india-s-rice-exports-left-thousands-of.md) | +5.1% | +8.1% |
| RICE | 2019-05-01 | [How the US move on Iran oil could hit India's basmati rice exports \| Economy & Policy News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59033-how-the-us-move-on-iran-oil-could-hit-india-s-basmati-rice-exports-economy-and.md) | +3.6% | +14.0% |
| RICE | 2020-01-17 | [Karnal to stop rice export to Iran](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55052-karnal-to-stop-rice-export-to-iran.md) | +1.9% | -0.0% |
| RICE | 2020-01-13 | [AgroPages-Tensions between US and Iran hit Basmati rice export-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55158-agropages-tensions-between-us-and-iran-hit-basmati-rice-export-agricultural-news.md) | +3.4% | +4.7% |
| RICE | 2022-11-02 | [US rice sales to Haiti dip amid political crisis, historically high prices \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7730-us-rice-sales-to-haiti-dip-amid-political-crisis-historically-high-prices-s-and.md) | +2.0% | +3.4% |

## Sources

- indiatoday.in: https://www.indiatoday.in/msn-itt/story/us-iran-crisis-hits-rice-exporters-hundreds-of-containers-struck-at-gujarat-port-1635027-2020-01-08

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