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Pakistan is the world's 10th largest producer of rice. Pakistan's exports make up more than 8% of the world's total rice trade. [1] It is an important crop in the agriculture economy of Pakistan. Rice is an important Kharif crop. In 2019, Pakistan produced 7.5 million tonnes of rice and ranked 10th in the largest rice-producing countries.
In 2010, Pakistan was exporting rice to 109 countries of the world. [3] In fiscal 2012, rice exports from Pakistan crossed 3.7 million tons, valued at $2.08 billion at an average price of $871 per ton for Basmati rice, and $448 per ton for non-Basmati rice. [4]
The following is a list of countries by paddy rice exports. Data is for 2022 as reported in Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database . [ 1 ] Rice is one of the biggest crops in the international grain trade , alongside other crops like wheat , maize (corn) and soybean .
Pakistan has also cut the use of dangerous pesticides dramatically. [13] Pakistan is a net food exporter, except in occasional years, when its harvest is adversely affected by droughts. Pakistan exports rice, cotton, fish, fruits (especially Oranges and Mangoes), and vegetables and imports vegetable oil, wheat, pulses and consumer foods.
Global rice prices surged to 15-year highs after India, which accounts for more than 40% of global trade, ordered a halt in July to its largest category of exports, in a bid to calm domestic prices.
Rice production by country (2019) This is a list of countries by rice production in 2022 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world rice production for 2022 was 776,461,457 [1] metric tonnes. In 1961, the total world production was 216 million tonnes.
Prices of essential commodities including flour, rice and wheat increased, as statistics of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) in July 2023 indicated the country had reached record flour prices. [25] Protests began in 2023 in Gilgit-Baltistan over the rise in subsidized wheat prices, rising from Rs20 to Rs36 per kg. [26]
While the rice crisis did occur at the same time as the 2007–2008 world food price crisis, Tom Slayton has argued the spike in rice prices are a special case. [2] Slayton argues that the price increases were a result of rising oil and petrochemical prices (peaking in July 2008); and export restrictions by a number of countries. [2]