India, June 14 -- https://tehelka.com/media/2025/06/Israel-Iran-crisis-how-it-may-affect-Indias-Basmati-exports-to-Gulf.jpg
The escalation of the Israel-Iran conflict has the potential to seriously affect the export of India's aromatic, long grain rice basmati, fear exporters.
Iran is one of the largest importers of basmati along with Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates. Several ships carrying basmati to Gulf countries are currently in transit, and anydisruption in the Strait of Hormuz can"seriously affect the basmati exports from India," says
Ranjit Singh Jossan, vice president of the Basmati Rice Miller and Exporter Association
India's maritime regulator-the Directorate General of Shipping-has already asked Indian shippers...