"Sultan Super Basmati, developed in 2025, has a grain length of 9.66mm, the longest so far in Pakistan's rice varietal spectrum," Dr Usman Saleem, Senior Scientist at the RRI, Kala Shah Kaku, told Wealth Pakistan.

Civil unrest in Iran has started impacting India’s basmati rice exports to the country, leading to a fall in domestic prices, as exporters face payment delays

CHANDIGARH: The Indian Basmati rice exporters have temporarily halted shipments to Iran in view of the deteriorating situation there. The suspension of export i

Civil unrest in Iran had started impacting India’s basmati rice exports to the country, leading to a sharp fall in domestic prices, as exporters faced payment delays and mounting uncertainties, an industry body said on Tuesday.

According to commerce ministry data, in FY22, Iran’s share of India’s exports of basmati rice was valued at $0.81 billion or close to 23% of total shipments valued at $ 3.54 billion.