Rice
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Typical
- Average milled grain length
- As per buyer requirement — declare the exact variety and its measured length per lot; the only figure guaranteed by standard is ≥ 6.61 mm milled
- Process class → applicable grade schedule
- Parboiled: paddy soaked in water, heat-treated/steamed until the starch is fully gelatinised, dried, then husked and milled. Graded under AGMARK Schedule III, Milled Parboiled Basmati Rice
- Colour
- Natural golden/amber colour produced by a longer, hotter parboiling of the paddy in husk — must be natural; artificial colouring is prohibited
- Variety
- Pusa Basmati 1121 / Pusa Basmati 1509 / Pusa Basmati 1 — a variety notified as Basmati under the Seeds Act, 1966
- Average milled grain length (AGL), before cooking
- 6.61 mm min to qualify as basmati at all; 7.1 mm and above may be marked "long grain basmati rice"; 1121 and 1509 run far longer (see grade encodings)
- Length : breadth ratio
- 3.5 min
- Average grain breadth
- 2.0 mm max
- Average cooked grain length
- 12.0 mm min
- Elongation ratio after cooking
- 1.7 min for raw / steam (non-parboiled); 1.5 min for sella (parboiled)
- Average volume expansion ratio
- More than 3.5
- Moisture
- 13.0% max (AGMARK Special grade); 14.0% max (AGMARK Standard/General and FSSAI); 12–13% max is what Gulf contracts usually ask
Typical export specification for this grade. The binding specification is agreed in writing with the buyer before an order is confirmed, and every consignment is inspected against it before loading.
- Pack sizes
- 1 kgs, 2 kgs, 5 kgs, 10 kgs, 20 kgs, 25 kgs Jute Bags; 1 kgs, 2 kgs, 5 kgs, 10 kgs, 20 kgs, 25 kgs Non-Woven Bags; 10 kgs, 20 kgs, 25 kgs BOPP Bags; 4.54 kgs, 5 kgs Pouch
- 20' Container
- 25 MTN
- 40' Container
- 28 MTN
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