Rice ports and hubs in Asia
9 ports and hubs in Asia handle rice, across 3 countries: China, India, and Thailand. Grades: Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica).
ExportImportCrushing / transitInland river
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Grades
- Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) - Iberian and Italian japonica paddy rice - Carolino in Portugal and Spain. Quoted at the farm/first-buyer paddy stage, before husking and milling; milled Carolino trades far higher. Indica (Agulha) is a separate, cheaper market and is not covered by this grade.
Ports and hubs (9)
| Hub | Country | Type | Grades handled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changchun (Jilin) Changchun Capital of Jilin, at the centre of north-east China's maize belt and home to large maize processing industries. Surplus maize moves by rail to the Liaoning ports. | China | Inland hub Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Harbin (Heilongjiang) Harbin Capital of Heilongjiang, China's largest grain-producing province, with the country's largest soybean area plus major maize and japonica rice crops. Sinograin holds state reserves across the province; grain moves south by rail to Dalian. | China | Inland hub Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Deendayal Port (Kandla) Kandla India's top port for bulk farm commodities on the Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat. Loads wheat, rice, maize and soymeal for export, and imports edible oils and pulses. Wheat arrives by rail from Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh. | India | Seaport Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva) Navi Mumbai India's busiest container port, serving Mumbai. Grain moves in containers: basmati and other rice, and soymeal from the Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra crushers. | India | Seaport Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Khanna (Punjab) Khanna Khanna's grain mandi, in Ludhiana district, is widely described as Asia's largest grain market. In the April-May wheat procurement and the autumn paddy season, FCI and the Punjab state agencies buy here for India's central pool. | India | Inland hub Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Mundra Port (Gujarat) Mundra Adani's deep-water port on the Gulf of Kutch, India's largest commercial port by cargo. Bulk and container exports of rice, wheat, maize and millet, with rail links to the northern grain states. | India | Seaport Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Port of Kakinada Kakinada India's main rice export port, on the Andhra Pradesh coast, loading broken and non-basmati rice for Africa and Asia; recent data put it at over two-thirds of rice export volumes. Also ships maize. | India | Seaport Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Port of Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam Deep-water port on the Andhra Pradesh coast, handling rice and maize exports alongside Kakinada. | India | Seaport Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Nakhon Sawan (Central Thailand) Nakhon Sawan Where the Ping and Nan rivers join to form the Chao Phraya; Thailand's leading up-country rice centre, with more rice mills than any other province. Milled rice moves down to Bangkok and Laem Chabang. | Thailand | River port Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |