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123/A, Miranda City Likaoli Prikano, Dope
+0989 7876 9865 9
+(090) 8765 86543 85
info@example.com
example.mail@hum.com
Trade sources said non-organic white (raw) and
parboiled (boiled) rice have been exported in the guise of organic rice. As a
result, shipments of organic rice during April-July 2024-25 fiscal (1,46,585
tonnes) exceeded the total shipments during the previous fiscal (1,07,727
tonnes). These shipments (1,27,120
tonnes of white rice, 8,000-odd tonnes of broken rice) were made in violation
of the ban on white (raw) and broken rice exports from India since July 2023.
Unscrupulous shippers have also dodged the 20 per cent. Export duty on
parboiled rice.
Another
South India-based exporter said these exports have been made by “fly-by-night”
operators. “We were approached to ship out non-organic white rice as organic
rice but we refused,” the exporter said.
Trade sources said the government authorities,
including DRI and Apeda, swung into action within hours of the report that
there was “something fishy” over the exports of organic rice from the country.
They said there has been prima facie evidence, based
on data, and this is being supported by details from Vietnam and Kenya.
Some exporters allegedly resorted to the
irregularities in export of organic rice from Kandla, Mundra and JNPT ports
after Chennai and Tuticorin Custom officials cracked down following
a report that white rice exports were being under-invoiced. The Center began curbing rice exports
from September 2022 as production in key-growing regions was affected by
prolonged dry periods and deficient rainfall.
