Abstract

India is the largest rice growing country in the world. Among the several provinces of India, Madras ranks fourth having 11'7 millions acres under rice and producing about 5'4 million tons. Though Burma produces just a little less than Madras, it occu- pies an eminent position in the rice export trade of India, monopolis- ing nearly 88 per cent. of the exports while the shares of Bengal and Madras are only 5 and 4 per cent. respectively. Although her small share in the Indian rice exports at first sight leads one to believe that the trade situation of rice in Madras is above anxiety, the situation assumed a serious aspect when large imports of rice from Siam and Indo-China started arriving into Madras. This paper deals mainly with the question of foreign markets for Madras rice.

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