India overtakes Thailand as world’s largest rice exporter
Q. India has overtaken Thailand to become the world’s largest exporter of which grain?- Published on 27 Jan 16a. Rice
b. Jowar
c. Bajra
d. Maize
ANSWER: Rice
India has overtaken Thailand as the largest rice exporter in the world. It is the world’s largest rice exporter in 2015, shipping 10.23 MT according to a top Thai rice exporters body Thai Rice Exporters Association. Thailand has exported 9.8 MT of rice in 2015 down 10.8% Y-O-Y. They attributed downturn to global economy contraction with high rice demand and Thailand ended up second position in terms of overall exports. Vietnam won the third position globally while China was the leading importer of rice.
