Facing African hurdles, Indian rice exports value down 10% in FY26

A slack performance in the African region dragged Indian exports by over 10 per cent in value, though the overall volume was up 6.5 per cent in the 2025-26 financial year. Data from the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) showed that while a little over 15 million tonnes (mt) of non-basmati rice was exported, the value was down to $5.86 billion compared with $6.53 billion in 2024-25. Shipments, in particular, were lower to West, Central Africa and the ASEAN region, while they were up to South Asia, East Africa, West Asia and other South African countries….