Indian rice exports slow on virus impact

Slowing exports: Indian workers packing 50 kg bags of fine polished rice at a rice mill. Slowing shipments from the world’s biggest rice exporter could allow rivals like Thailand and Vietnam to raise supplies in the short term, and also carries the potential to push up global prices. — AFP

MUMBAI: India’s rice exporters are struggling to fulfil orders due to limited availability of containers and workers at mills and the biggest handling port on the east coast after novel coronavirus cases jumped in the region, industry officials told Reuters.

Slowing shipments from the world’s biggest rice exporter could allow rivals like Thailand and Vietnam to raise supplies in the short term, and also carries the potential to push up global prices.