basmati

Basmati ( ) is a variety of long, slender-grained aromatic rice which originates from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the regions of Haryana, Punjab, Sindh and many other states and provinces of India, Pakistan and Nepal. , India accounted for 65% of the international trade in basmati rice, while Pakistan accounted for the remaining 35%. Many countries use domestically grown basmati rice crops; however, basmati is geographically exclusive to certain districts of India and Pakistan. According to the Indian Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), a rice variety is eligible to be called basmati if it has a minimum average precooked milled rice length of and average precooked milled rice breadth of up to , among other parameters.

Basmati ( ) is a variety of long, slender-grained aromatic rice which originates from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the regions of Haryana, Punjab, Sindh and many other states and provinces of India, Pakistan and Nepal. , India accounted for 65% of the international trade in basmati rice, while Pakistan accounted for the remaining 35%. Many countries use domestically grown basmati rice crops; however, basmati is geographically exclusive to certain districts of India and Pakistan. According to the Indian Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), a rice variety is eligible to be called basmati if it has a minimum average precooked milled rice length of and average precooked milled rice breadth of up to , among other parameters. ===Etymology=== The word Basmati is derived from two root words in Sanskrit; vas meaning fragrance and mayup meaning present or ingrained. When combining the two, mayup becomes mati resulting in vasmati more commonly pronounced as Basmati. ===History=== Basmati rice is believed to have been cultivated in the Indian subcontinent for centuries. The earliest mention of basmati rice was made in the epic Heer Ranjha composed by the Punjabi poet, Waris Shah in 1766. ===In India=== The areas which have a geographical indication for basmati rice production in India are in the states of Uttarakhand, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana[https://www.sbricemill.com/blog/top-10-basmati-rice-exporters-from-india/], Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, western Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir. India's total basmati production for the July 2011 – June 2012 crop year was five million tonnes. From April 2018 to March 2019, India exported 4.4 million metric tons of basmati rice. In 2015–2016, Saudi Arabia, Iran and UAE were the three biggest destinations for India's basmati rice exports and exports to these three countries accounted for more than half of India's total basmati exports. Others are exported to Australia, Canada, EU, South Africa, New Zealand, Turkey, the UK and US. In 2015–2016, basmati rice worth US$3.4 billion was exported from India. From 2018 to 2021 annual exports have surpassed US$4 billion. In September 2026, frequent power cuts forced rice millers in Punjab, India to halt operations and suspend purchases of the newly arriving 1509 basmati variety. ===In Nepal=== Basmati rice is produced mainly in the Terai region of Nepal and some parts of Kathmandu Valley. Unique Nepali varieties of basmati rice were barred from export to other parts of the world although this ban might be lifted. ===In Sri Lanka=== Small amounts of basmati rice, especially red basmati rice, are being cultivated in the tropical wet zone areas of Sri Lanka. ==References==

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