Indian exporters negotiated mega deals that will boost shipment of Indian basmati & non basmati rice to Gulf countries like Oman,Iraq,Qatar & Saudi Arabia.Pakistan is one of the biggest exporter of rice to Oman Sovereign Public Food Reserve at 1.8 lakh ton while India share is just 20,000 ton. But in 2018 India share will jump to 50,000 ton. Oman’s public food stockholding company has decided to buy basmati rice from Indian companies, which will include 1121 premium variety of basmati rice developed in India in their official list of tender items.