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India: Telangana’s rice exports slump in CY’25 as high costs, subsidies, global competition bite

Aug 30, 2025

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Vidhi Balwani

in Grains, Rice

Telangana’s rice exports have fallen 20-30% so far in CY’25 due to high procurement and milling costs; falling domestic demand due to preference for subsidised material; and competitive pricing from other domestic and global exporters. Notably, cheaper rice from Thailand and Vietnam is taking over markets such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and West Africa,…