01-21-2009, 03:26 AM
<b>India Ends Tax on Basmati Rice Exports, Reduces Price</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- India, the worldâs second-largest grower of rice, scrapped the 8,000 rupees ($162) a ton tax on exports of basmati rice amid prospects of a record harvest.
The government also reduced the minimum export price to $1,100 a ton from $1,200 a ton, Trade Minister Kamal Nath told reporters after a meeting of a panel of ministers in New Delhi.
Indiaâs rice output may total 83.25 million tons, a second straight year of record, according to the agriculture ministry. The monsoon-sown crop, for which harvesting began in September, contributes more than 85 percent of the rice production
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The government also reduced the minimum export price to $1,100 a ton from $1,200 a ton, Trade Minister Kamal Nath told reporters after a meeting of a panel of ministers in New Delhi.
Indiaâs rice output may total 83.25 million tons, a second straight year of record, according to the agriculture ministry. The monsoon-sown crop, for which harvesting began in September, contributes more than 85 percent of the rice production
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