NEW DELHI: India in now allowing exports of non-basmati white rice as inventories in the world’s biggest exporter of the grain surged and farmers are set to harvest a new crop in the coming weeks.

Last week, in its monthly World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates Report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates India is expected to surpass China as the largest rice producing nation in ...

The higher rice stocks would enable India to increase exports without compromising domestic supply, trade and industry officials said. "The FCI is holding far more rice than needed. The government ...

Despite the public holiday on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, a record volume of rice was imported from India through Dinajpur's Hili Land Port yesterday as importers rushed to bring in ...

BANGKOK/HANOI/JAKARTA -- Prices in Southeast Asian rice markets are plunging because of oversupply after India resumed exports of the staple grain. White rice export prices in Thailand were $412 a ...