# India’s Farm export declines by 8% in April-May period - DST - Daily Shipping Times

> India's farm exports fell 8% in April-May 2019 to Rs 20,345 crore, with non-basmati rice shipments more than halving. Basmati exports rose 19%, while pulses fell about 60% and guargum fell about 6%.

- Date: 2019-07-23 · published 2019-07-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58052-india-s-farm-export-declines-by-8-in-april-may-period-dst-daily-shipping-times
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

The drop in non-basmati rice and pulses exports shows reduced Indian supply to world markets, supporting rice prices, while basmati growth reflects steady demand for premium rice.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2023-01-31 | [Export curbs fail to arrest India's booming rice shipments, sources say \| MalaysiaNow](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37315-export-curbs-fail-to-arrest-india-s-booming-rice-shipments-sources-say.md) | -3.2% | -6.3% |
| RICE | 2018-01-04 | [Rice, guar gum lead 11% farm goods export surge in April-Nov - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66949-rice-guar-gum-lead-11-farm-goods-export-surge-in-april-nov-the-hindubusinessline.md) | +2.5% | +8.7% |
| RICE | 2021-01-29 | [Non-basmati rice emerges as top agri export produce in April-Dec - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49097-non-basmati-rice-emerges-as-top-agri-export-produce-in-april-dec-the.md) | -2.7% | -4.8% |
| RICE | 2021-02-04 | [Farm exports defy overall trend in 2020, see 9.8 per cent growth \| India News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48585-farm-exports-defy-overall-trend-in-2020-see-9-8-per-cent-growth-india-news-the.md) | -1.6% | -0.1% |
| RICE | 2019-09-11 | [India;s April-July rice exports fall down by 26.5% Y/Y; claims Government – Agrigate Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57017-india-s-april-july-rice-exports-fall-down-by-26-5-y-y-claims-government.md) | +4.3% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- dst.news: https://dst.news/news/indias-farm-export-declines-by-8-in-april-may-period/

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