2012 can be considered a successful year for the rice industry, where rice producti on was recorded
at 422,057 tonnes – by far the largest ever producti on in our history, compared with 2011, which was
402,000 tonnes. Export was 334,140 tonnes – the second largest ever (2010 was the largest amount
of 336,313 tonnes), and valued at US$196,226,960 – the highest export earnings in the history of the
industry.
Jagnarine Singh
General Manager
