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Who buys India’s rice? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, India exported $11.4 billion of rice (16.9 million tonnes), 29.3% of the world total. Its main destinations were Saudi Arabia (13%), Iraq (8%) and Iran (6%). India was the world’s largest exporter of rice.

Summary

Value
$11.4billion
Tonnes
16.9million tonnes
Share of world total
29.3%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Saudi Arabia1.5Tonnes: 1,400,272USD per tonne: $1,05613%Sea
Iraq0.93Tonnes: 945,965USD per tonne: $9828.2%Sea
Iran0.7Tonnes: 745,254USD per tonne: $9376.1%Sea
Benin0.57Tonnes: 1,441,382USD per tonne: $3985%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.49Tonnes: 598,411USD per tonne: $8154.3%Sea
Guinea0.48Tonnes: 1,022,179USD per tonne: $4674.2%Sea
United States0.42Tonnes: 312,636USD per tonne: $1,3403.7%Sea
Yemen0.4Tonnes: 435,253USD per tonne: $9153.5%Sea
Kuwait0.27Tonnes: 208,589USD per tonne: $1,3172.4%Sea
Vietnam0.27Tonnes: 612,836USD per tonne: $4342.3%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire0.26Tonnes: 462,361USD per tonne: $5582.3%Sea
Malaysia0.23Tonnes: 341,214USD per tonne: $6752%Sea
Somalia0.23Tonnes: 500,321USD per tonne: $4602%Sea
United Kingdom0.22Tonnes: 186,722USD per tonne: $1,1691.9%Sea
Togo0.22Tonnes: 659,273USD per tonne: $3291.9%Sea
Oman0.2Tonnes: 225,480USD per tonne: $8751.7%Sea
Qatar0.17Tonnes: 189,554USD per tonne: $9151.5%Sea
Kenya0.17Tonnes: 308,017USD per tonne: $5471.5%Sea
Sierra Leone0.17Tonnes: 357,644USD per tonne: $4691.5%Sea
Nepal0.17Tonnes: 461,428USD per tonne: $3591.5%Land

Trend

Who it sells to

Saudi Arabia has been its main destination since 2023

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Saudi Arabia 1.5
  • Iraq 0.93
  • Iran 0.7
  • Benin 0.57
  • United Arab Emirates 0.49

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Saudi Arabia0.151.5
Iraq< 0.010.93
Iran0.030.7
Benin< 0.010.57
United Arab Emirates0.050.49

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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