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India has also banned non-basmati rice exports to ensure local availability.
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Similarly, basmati rice varieties showed increased biochemical response compared to non-basmati rice varieties.
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India mainly exports non-basmati rice to African countries and premier basmati rice to the Middle East.
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India banned exports of non-basmati rice in October, but eased the ban later in the month.
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India had already banned exports of non-basmati rice and scrapped import duties on crude edible oils.
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The country mainly exports non-basmati rice to African countries and premier basmati rice to the Middle East.
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The government banned non-basmati rice exports in 2008, joining protectionist measures of other leading producers who apprehended a global shortage.
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India, where food often accounts for a much higher proportion of people's expenditure than in developed countries, had already banned non-basmati rice exports.
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In the June quarter, India exported 1 million tonnes of non-basmati rice, dealers estimated, down almost 30 percent on a year earlier.
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India's rice exports during April-August rose 7.4 percent from a year earlier, to 5.13 million tonnes, as shipments of non-basmati rice surged.
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Additional signs of concern for exporters emerged as a government endorsed four-month subsidy of 5 percent for non-basmati rice exports ended on March 25.
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Rice exports in October fell 42% year-on-year to 485,898 tonnes, government data showed, due to weak demand from African countries for non-basmati rice.
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India's rice exports in August fell 29% year-on-year to 644,249 tonnes due to weak demand from African countries for non-basmati rice, among other factors.
