Pak rice exports likely to drop

SINGAPORE: The export of Pakistani rice in the year to June 2011 is likely to drop to three million tonnes from 4.6 million tonnes shipped a year ago due to the damage caused by floods.This was said by Abdul Rahim Janoo, former head of the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan on Monday.He said it was estimated that 1.2 million tonnes of paddy was washed away by the flood – Sananews