Non-basmati rice trades expanded by 123% year-on-year in April-November industry bodies said. 

Exporters are bullish about the following quarter as exchange enquiries from Africa Middle East and South East Asian nations are pouring and organizations have a solid request book. 

India sent out 7.02 MT of non-basmati rice in the initial eight months of this monetary year, up from 3.15 MT a year prior, procuring Rs 19,780 crore against Rs 9,066 crore in the year-prior period, according to Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA). 

Fares can without much of a stretch ascent to more than 10 million ton this monetary, BV Krishna, leader of the Rice Exporters Association, said. "We are getting acceptable exchange enquiries and shoppers are submitting higher requests as they envision future lockdowns due to Covid. They additionally are stressed over accessibility of value rice and transportation costs," he said. 

In November alone, non-basmati trades hopped by 159% to 0.89 MT over November 2019.