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rice exports: Govt exempts non-basmati rice from export duty, cuts levy on parboiled rice to 10%
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rice exports: Govt exempts non-basmati rice from export duty, cuts levy on parboiled rice to 10%

The government has exempted non-basmati white rice from export duty, while reducing the levy on parboiled rice to 10 per cent. The duty cut comes…

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A worker carries boiled rice in a wheelbarrow to spread it for drying at a rice mill on the outskirts of Kolkata, India.(REUTERS)
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Govt halts rice exports to reduce domestic prices; global trade to face heat

Asian rice trade paused on Friday to digest the previous day’s ban by India, by far the world’s biggest supplier, of a major share of…

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