Indian Rice Exporters on Israel-Airan War: The ongoing war between Iran and Israel has affected India’s rice exporters. Exports of rice leading to Iran have stopped due to the ongoing war between the two countries. Due to which about one lakh metric tonnes of rice exported from Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh has stopped at the ports. Due to which the prices of rice exported have fallen by about 1200 per quintal.

Indian exporters are afraid of rice stuck in Iran

The biggest concern to exporters is standing with their rice money stuck in Iran and their rice container loaded at the port. Because there is no insurance of rice exported to Iran. Due to this, now rice exporters are afraid of rice worth crores of rupees. On the other hand, a permit for the export of rice going to Iran is made for only four months. In which exporters have to give delivery of rice within the stipulated time. If the rice does not reach on time, the permit is canceled. The loss of which exporters have to face.

Rice exporters demand from central government

Rice exporters demand that the Government of India talk to the Iran government during the war and talk about increasing their permits. It is noteworthy that 40 percent of basmati rice in the world is exported alone from Haryana. The remaining 60 percent share Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

Iran, Saudi and Iraq India’s three major basmati rice importers

Gautam Miglani, the rice exporter of Kaithal, says that India exports more than 30 percent basmati rice to Iran, which is the largest importer of India’s rice. Saudi Arabia imports rice from India at number two and Iraq at number three. All these three countries are country importing basmati rice of India.

Earlier, Iran used to import rice from India up to 1.5 million tonnes. This year too, Iran was importing good rice from India, due to which the prices of rice also increased. But now due to the war, the prices of rice have fallen from about one thousand to 1,200 rupees per quintal.

Rice exporters are worrying

Exporters say that if we do not be able to export rice to Iran in the coming time, then the next crop will not be able to buy paddy crop. Due to which the prices of paddy coming will fall. The shipment going towards Iran has been stopped and we are also afraid of the rice containers who have reached there. Around 4,000 containers have been placed on hold at the port.

(Report- Sunil Ravish)