India's rice exports jumped 19.4% 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. As supplies improved with record production, India removed the last of the export curbs imposed in 2022 and 2023. Exports rose to 21.55 million metric tons from 18.05 million in 2024, near the 2022 record of 22.3 million tons, the official said. Non-basmati rice shipments jumped 25% to 15.15 million tons, while basmati exports increased 8% to a record 6.4 million tons, he said. India usually exports more rice than the combined shipments of the world's next three largest exporters: Thailand, Vietnam and Pakistan.

Source: The Telegraph January 10, 2026 06:58 UTC