India Revises Export Policy for Rice Shipments to European Countries

India revised its export restrictions for certain types of rice shipments to European countries, its Director General of Foreign Trade said Aug. 10. India will require exporters to obtain a “Certificate of Inspection” for shipments of basmati rice and “non-basmati rice” to Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Beginning Jan. 1, 2021, India will require the export certificates for rice shipments to the “remaining European countries.”