UAE rice ban after major exporter India spikes global supply fears

The UAE rice ban follows one issued less than two weeks before from India, which saw the South Asian country and leading global rice supplier completely prohibit the export of non-basmati white rice on July 20. This is an amendment to a 20% export duty tax imposed on non-basmati white rice in September 2022.

The UAE: The Middle East’s Teflon Nation

The UAE’s Teflon coating has long dampened the effect of allegations of loose money laundering and sanction compliance controls and human rights abuses, and repeated revelations about covert …