India’s exports of agricultural and processed food products rose by more than 11% year-on-year to $17.77 billion during April-December of the current financial year, after the government removed most of the restrictions on rice shipments. According to data compiled by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS), rice exports in the first nine months of FY25 saw a sharp increase of over 19% to $8.72 billion compared to $6.44 billion in the same period last fiscal. By September last year, the government removed virtually all restrictions, including the minimum export price and export duties, on basmati and non-basmati rice exports.