Non Basmati Rice Earning

Although traditionally India is a major exporter of aromatic rice of basmati quality, it has also made a mark in the non-basmati category since the beginning of the 1990s. India is exporting substantial quantity of non-basmati rice to various countries in the world. Non-basmati rice of indica type constitutes more than 80 percent of the world rice trade.

During 1991-92, export earning from the export of non-basmati rice was Rs. 256.41 crores, and it increased to Rs. 3,717.41 crores during 1995-96, which was more than 13 folds increase during the four years period. During 2001-02, the export earnings from non-basmati rice was recorded to Rs. 1,324.36 crores, it was 64.37% less as compared to 1995-96 export earnings. However, the export earnings from non-basmati rice increased more than 4 folds during 2001-02 as compared to 1991-92.

Percentage share of export earnings realized from the non-basmati rice during 1993-94 to 2001-02 in various sections are discussed below :

	Percentage share of export value of non-basmati rice in :
Year	National Export earnings	Agricultural Export earnings	Food Grains Export earnings	Total Rice Export earnings
1993-94	1.62	0.32	16.18	17.52
1994-95	0.41	2.57	24.91	28.24
1995-96	3.50	18.22	73.12	81.37
1996-97	1.0	7.97	47.51	60.67
1997-98	1.30	6.78	45.00	50.00
1993-94	3.15	17.26	67.61	70.12
1999-00	0.85	5.32	37.85	43.05
2000-01	0.39	2.71	19.81	26.41
2000-02	0.64	4.49	26.62	41.86