Talking to UNI, Arora, who is also the managing director of Satnam Overseas Limited, a government of India recognised trading house, said india continues to enjoy the leading status of basmati rice exporter over Pakistan though its prices are lower than the Indian variety.

While Pakistan has a slight edge over India in the Dubai market, the Indian basmati dominates Saudi Arabia by margin of 80:20 over our immediate neighbour. This is mainly because Pakistan went in for cross variety of the flavoured rice, while the Indian production dominantly is the traditional variety over the cross variety.