Total rice export in the month of March was 13.03 lakh tons, in which basmati rice contribution is 33.05% of total with quantity of 4.30 lakh tons and non-basmati contribution was 66.94% with quantity of 8.72 lakh tons. Major buyers of basmati rice were Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen and Iraq whereas non-basmati buyers from India in the month were Senegal, Saudi, Bangladesh, Sri-lanka and UAE.