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MUMBAI: India鈥檚 rice exports in 2020 may rise by nearly 42 percent from a year ago to record highs because of reduced shipments from rival exporters and a depreciating Indian  rupee, industry officials said this week.

Higher shipments from India, the world鈥檚 biggest rice exporter, could cap global prices, reduce the country鈥檚 bulging inventories and limit Indian state stockpiler purchases from farmers.

India鈥檚 rice exports could jump to 14 million tons in 2020, up from last year鈥檚 9.9 million tons, the lowest in eight years, said B.V. Krishna Rao, president of the Rice Exporters Association.

鈥淭hailand鈥檚 shipments are falling due to the drought. Vietnam is struggling because of lower crop. That share is naturally coming to India,鈥� Rao said.

Thailand, the world鈥檚 second-largest rice exporter, suffered through a drought earlier this year that has affected the rice crop. Shipments in 2020 could fall to 6.5 million tons, the lowest in 20 years.

Vietnam, the third-biggest global exporter, has contended with low water levels in the Mekong River Delta, the country鈥檚 main rice growing region, that has limited supply.

India mainly exports non-basmati rice to Bangladesh, Nepal, Benin and Senegal, and premium basmati rice to Iran, 抖阴短视频 and Iraq.

India鈥檚 rice shipments in 2020 will rise because of robust demand for non-basmati rice from African countries, said Nitin Gupta, vice president for Olam India鈥檚 rice business. 鈥淏asmati rice demand is more-or-less stable, but in non-basmati rice we have seen a huge surge in demand due to attractive prices,鈥� Gupta said.

India鈥檚 non-basmati rice exports may double from a year ago to 9.5 million tons, while basmati rice exports would remain stable around 4.5 million tons, he said.

India was offering 5 percent broken parboiled rice at $380 per ton on a free-on-board basis, while Thailand was offering the same grade at $490 per ton, dealers said.

Indian exporters have offered rice at lower prices at a time when global prices have jumped on limited supplies because of the rupee鈥檚 depreciation, Rao said.

The Indian rupee has declined 3 percent against the US dollar so far this year.

In addition to lower Southeast Asian sales, China has also cut exports to Africa after floods hit local crops, said a Mumbai-based dealer with a global trading firm.

鈥淯nlike other countries, India has massive surplus. Exports won鈥檛 create shortage in the local market,鈥� the dealer said.

Also, the higher exports should cut into Indian inventories and limit government purchases from farmers at minimum support prices, said Rao.