Basmati is a variety of long, slender-grained aromatic rice which is traditionally grown in India As of 2018â19, India accounted for 65% of the international trade in basmati rice,;[4] however, basmati is geogracally exclusive to certain districts of India
According to the Indian Government agency APEDA, a rice variety is eligible to be called Basmati if it has a minimum average precooked milled rice length of 6.61 mm and average precooked milled rice breadth of up to 2 mm, among other parameters