India’s 2025 rice exports surge to near record as curbs lifted

RAIPUR: India’s rice exports jumped 19.4 percent last year to the second-highest on record after New Delhi lifted all export curbs, making shipments more competitive, government and industry officials told Reuters on Saturday. An improved flow of rice from the world’s largest exporter of ‌the grain curbed ‌shipments from rivals Thailand ‌and ⁠Vietnam and ​drove ‌prices in Asia to their lowest in nearly a decade, easing costs for poor consumers in Africa and other regions.

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