Basmati rice has been grown in the Indian subcontinent for centuries. The epic Heer Rajha, written by the famous Punjabi Sufi poet Waris Shah in 1766, is the oldest text known to date in which the basmati rice plant is mentioned by the same name. Basmati rice is widely produced in Indian regions such as the states of Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi, or Tarakhand, Pradesh and Bihar. India's production of basmati rice for the year 12/2011, ending in June, was approximately 5 million tons. The state of Haryana is the largest region for growing basmati rice, as it produces more than 60% of the total basmati rice production in India. In Pakistan, approximately 95% of basmati rice cultivation is concentrated in the Punjab region, where a total of
Production reached 2.47 million tons in 2010 in India
India's APIDA sets criteria by which a type of rice can be described as basmati rice, among which it must have a minimum average length.
A grain of peeled rice prepared for cooking is about 6.61 mm, and the average width of a grain of peeled rice prepared for cooking is about 2 mm. India produces more than 70% of the world’s basmati rice production, and in 2018 it contributed 65% to the international trade of basmati rice, while Pakistan contributed the remaining 35%. From April 2018 to March, India exported about 4.4 million tons of basmati rice, and the countries of Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates consume more than half of the total Indian basmati rice exports.
The role of the company
Al Reda and Al Eman Company for Import and Export is considered a pioneer in the field of packing, packaging and exporting basmati rice in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The company exports to the European Union countries, East Asian countries, all Arab countries, and other local markets.
