History of 1509 Basmati Rice And Its Exportation

 

Basmati Rice is a variety of rice family known for its aroma, slender-grained, and large size. It is widely grown in India, Nepal and, Pakistan. India accounted for 65% of international trade in basmati rice as of 2018–19, while Pakistan accounts for the other 35%. However, basmati is limited to a few districts of India, Nepal, and Pakistan. 1509 Basmati Rice is the Queen of premium aromatic species that have been cultivated in most fertile lands of the aforementioned countries. 1509 Basmati is often known as one of the Traditional Pakistani Basmati Rice. 

History: Basmati Rice has been cultivated for centuries on the Indian sub-continent. It also has been mentioned around 1767 in folk songs of Punjab and Haryana. The roots of the word basmati come from Sanskrit words namely ‘Mayup’ which means Ingrained and ‘Vas’ which means aroma together became Vasmati or Basmati. The word ‘Basmati’ meant ‘fragrant’ in the oxford dictionary; a good aptagram coined by the oxford. 

Rice Processing: Rice processing involves stoning, cleaning, paddy separating, de-husking, milling, and grading. The basic and most important step in rice processing is cleaning. The impurity of the paddy like dust, sand, grass, and dirt is minimized. The stones and impure paddy are removed from the paddy mixture through de-stoning. De-husking differentiates bran and husk from paddy and saves rice of homogenous size. The rice produced is clean and extensively milled. Unhusked paddy is further removed from rice by the rice separator. Hull and Brans are removed from the paddy grains to produce polished rice grains through rice milling. The remaining grains are rubbed against each other to gain white-rice. 

Types of 1509 basmati rice: It is an extra-long hybrid grain rice variety cultivated in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, India. It has an average grain length of 8.30 mm and is a small rice grain. If well baked, it extends up to three times the original size. It has been characterized into 3 types:

 

1. 1509 White/Creamy Sella Basmati Rice: Naturally sweet, 1509 White/Creamy Sella Basmati Rice has an average length of 8.35+ mm with 13% moisture and 2% broken maximum allowance. The rice has been cleaned on sortex with 100% efficiency. It has only a 1% allowance of discoloring and damage with a white/creamy texture.
2. 1509 Golden Sella Basmati Rice: Naturally sweet, 1509 Golden Sella Basmati Rice has an average length of 8.35+ mm with 13% moisture and 2% broken maximum allowance. The rice has been cleaned on sortex with 100% efficiency. It has only a 1% allowance of discoloring and damage with a golden-like texture.
3. 1509 Steam Basmati Rice:  Naturally sweet, 1509 steam Sella Basmati Rice has an average length of 8.35+ mm with 13% moisture and 2% broken maximum allowance. The rice has been cleaned on sortex with 100% efficiency. It has only a 1% allowance of discoloring and damage with a white-like structure.

 

The states of Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Western Uttar Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir are the GI tag areas are located for Basmati Rice production in India. For July 2011-June 2012, India's overall cultivation of basmati amounted to five million tonnes. India exported 4.4 million tonnes of Basmati rice from April 2018 to March 2019. In 2015–16, the three main Basmati rice exports from India are the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Iran accounted for more than half of the overall exports of Basmati rice from India. In 2015-16, Basmati rice was exported from India worth USD 3.4 billion.

Pakistan's most fertile land lies in the Kalar bowl region between Chenab and Ravi River of the Punjab province that has the potential to produce 2.8 million tonnes of rice. 

Basmati rice is primarily grown in the Terai and Kathmandu valleys of Nepal. However, these rice are restricted to be traded worldwide as they do not pass a few tough certifications on the world platform. 

Iran Imports: Iran ordered nearly half of Indian Basmati rice, which equivalents up to 1.3 million tonnes. Indian exports of 4.45 million tonnes of basmati rice estimated at $4.33 billion for the financial year 2019-20 were recorded by Agricultural and Processed Foster Export Development Authority (APEDA) data compared with 4.41 billion tonnes for the previous year, worth US$4.72 billion. For the fiscal year 2017-18, India reported 4.01 million tonnes worth $4.17 billion. 10% of the total rice exported is of type 1509 basmati rice. The COVID-19 and Iran-USA bad terms induced a crisis among traders that could reduce Iran's importing capacity by 20% for the year 2020-21.

 

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