![]() In Thailand it takes only 11 days for the same quantity," says Fahim Shamsi, caption of a ship that was loading rice at Kakinada this month. "Here in Kakinada, it takes nearly a month to load around 33,000 tonnes of rice from the time we drop the anchor. SHIPPING SHAKEUPĭespite extra port capacity, Kakinada's loading rate still lags well behind Southeast Asian ports due to a lack of dedicated rice-handling infrastructure. ![]() India exported 12.84 million tonnes of rice in the first seven months of 2021, up 65% from a year ago, according to provisional data from the commerce ministry.Īt least one million tonnes of rice would be shipped from the deepwater port in 2021, said M Muralidhar, chief operating officer of Kakinada Seaports Ltd. Krishna Rao, president of the Rice Exporters Association of India. Demand that could have shifted to other countries remained with us," said B.V. "Vessel waiting period has gone down after the deepwater port started handling rice. To ease the congestion, the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in February allowed the use of an adjoining deepwater port at Kakinada for rice shipments. India was offering a discount of more than $100 per tonne over other exporters, but much of the discount was wiped out by higher demurrage charges tied to the delays, says exporter Brahmananda Gudimetla. However, limited infrastructure at Kakinada Anchorage, India's main rice port, led to persistent congestion and lengthy loading delays last year, prompting some buyers to switch suppliers. India rice export prices sustain steep discount to Southeast Asian prices since early 2020
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