India Mulls Easing Rice Export Limits, Aiding World Buyers

  • The government may allow white rice exports with fixed duty
  • A 20% levy on shipments of parboiled rice may be scrapped

Sacks of imported Indian white rice in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg
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India, the world’s top rice shipper, may relax restrictions on exports of some varieties to avoid a glut in the country before the new crop arrives in the market in October, according to people familiar with the matter.