(Image: Canva) The Centre has dismissed the reports claiming that the Ministry of Finance has imposed a 20 per cent export duty on parboiled rice and certain types of milled rice varieties.

The report said that the West African parboiled rice market has slumped to a near two-year low as supplies flood into regional markets following India’s removal of export duties on parboiled rice.

The market slumped in April, a month after Delhi removed the last of its export curbs on the grain imposed in 2022, sending Indian parboiled rice export prices to a 22-month low. Prices in Thailand ...

The market slumped in April, a month after Delhi removed the last of its export curbs on the grain imposed in 2022, sending Indian parboiled rice export prices to a 22-month low. Prices in ...

The rice was brought under a government-to-government (G2G) agreement signed on February 3, 2025. Bangladesh had contracted to import a total of 100,000 tons of non-parboiled rice from Vietnam. All ...

MUMBAI, May 7 (Reuters) - Global rice prices, which have tumbled to multi-year lows, are unlikely to fall further with top exporter India's currency firming, but bulging Indian stockpiles and a ...

In July 2023, it banned exports of white rice and came up with a 20 per cent duty on parboiled rice exports. It also fixed a minimum export price of $950 a tonne on basmati. However, all these ...

he Nigerian Navy has intercepted 1,306 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice during an anti-smuggling operation in the Majidun area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. The operation, conducted on April 12 ...

A vessel carrying 36,100 tonnes of parboiled rice from India has arrived at Chattogram port under an open tender agreement, according to a press release from the food ministry. The ship ...

However, exports of Thai jasmine rice and parboiled rice saw an uptick. Mr Chookiat emphasised the importance of closely monitoring US President Donald Trump's policy, which has seen a 10% tariff ...