Australia rejects India's plea to trademark Basmati rice citing Pakistan's sales

[K2RULEZ]

Updated on: Aug 24, 2026, 11:09:35 IST
By Gurpreet Singh Nibber

Australia's ruling has dealt a blow to Punjab’s Basmati exporters, who will now have to share the Australian market with their Pakistani counterparts.

India’s bid to secure exclusive recognition for Basmati in Australia through a certification trademark has suffered a setback, with the Australian Federal Court rejecting the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority’s (APEDA) plea.

The ruling has dealt a blow to Punjab’s Basmati exporters, who will now have to share the Australian market with their Pakistani counterparts. Punjab alone accounts for about 40% of the country’s Basmati export basket, according to industry estimates.

APEDA's appeal for trademark
APEDA had argued that Basmati grown in India enjoys Geographical Indication (GI) status and therefore sought recognition of “Basmati” as a certification trademark in Australia. However, the Australian court turned down its plea, stating that GI tagging in Australia, New Zealand and Canada was limited only to “champagne”.

The agricultural authority had first filed the trademark application in 2019, citing the substantial presence of Indian Basmati in the Australian market. Between 1988 and August 2018, the volume of Indian Basmati sold through Australian retail outlets was estimated at 306,095 tonnes, valued at $380 million. In contrast, Pakistani sales were $44.12 million.

Australia rejects India's plea to trademark Basmati rice citing Pakistan's sales

Australia's ruling has dealt a blow to Punjab’s Basmati exporters, who will now have to share the Australian market with their Pakistani counterparts.

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[K2RULEZ]

Another blow for Modi's Hindustan.

 

[Starlord]

Saar saar this bajmati rice belong to endia saar, pleej saar its our rice saar.

 

[Desprado123]

Now Pakistan also need this done for Pink Salt.

 

[Vikramaditya1]

the volume of Indian Basmati sold through Australian retail outlets was estimated at 306,095 tonnes, valued at $380 million.

Increase the volume, drown the competition. It's very simple, instead of fighting pointless court battles over it.

 

[K2RULEZ]

Increase the volume, drown the competition. It's very simple, instead of fighting pointless court battles over it.

The Australians aren't dumb to put all their eggs in Indian basket. You can increase the volume all day long. It is up to the Australians where they buy.

Admit it. Your quad partner rejected your request.

 

[Master Chief]

Increase the volume, drown the competition. It's very simple, instead of fighting pointless court battles over it.

I love this delusion of yours that when presented with a flat choice between Pakistani basmati and Hindustani basmati, all consumers everywhere will simply choose the latter. Please don't ever change.

 

[Vikramaditya1]

The Australians aren't dumb to put all their eggs in Indian basket. You can increase the volume all day long. It is up to the Australians where they buy.

Admit it. Your quad partner rejected your request.

We have an FTA with Australia.

I love this delusion of yours that when presented with a flat choice between Pakistani basmati and Hindustani basmati, all consumers everywhere will simply choose the latter. Please don't ever change.

Numbers speak more than words. I love this quality over quantity argument you come up with one of those "Pakistani mangoes are sweeter saar" aaa argument.

 

[K2RULEZ]

We have an FTA with Australia.

Numbers speak more than words. I love this quality over quantity argument you come up with one of those "Pakistani mangoes are sweeter saar" aaa argument.

FTA didn't help you at the end of the day. Australia rejected Indian request.

India has no quality. Another ally of India has banned your so-called quality mangoes:

https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/07/09/indian-mangoes-have-been-banned-from-japan

 

[retaxis]

India quality in australia is so bad you never see indian items in shops apart from some indian run convenience stores.

China's exports and trade value with Australia are vastly larger than India's, with China remaining Australia's dominant trading partner by a wide margin. [1, 2]

Trade Scale and Value

• • China to Australia: China is Australia's largest export and import partner. Australia's exports to China reached over $100 billion to $126 billion annually, accounting for roughly 30% to 41% of Australia's total international trade and maritime export earnings. [1, 2, 3, 4]
  • India to Australia: India represents a much smaller fraction of Australia's overall trade. India's total exports to Australia hovered around $7.75 billion to nearly $9 billion, making up closer to 5% or less of Australia's external market share. [1, 2, 3]

 

[K2RULEZ]

India quality in australia is so bad you never see indian items in shops apart from some indian run convenience stores.

China's exports and trade value with Australia are vastly larger than India's, with China remaining Australia's dominant trading partner by a wide margin. [1, 2]

Trade Scale and Value

• • China to Australia: China is Australia's largest export and import partner. Australia's exports to China reached over $100 billion to $126 billion annually, accounting for roughly 30% to 41% of Australia's total international trade and maritime export earnings. [1, 2, 3, 4]
  • India to Australia: India represents a much smaller fraction of Australia's overall trade. India's total exports to Australia hovered around $7.75 billion to nearly $9 billion, making up closer to 5% or less of Australia's external market share. [1, 2, 3]

Indians are full of shit. The open pleading and rejection is a joke. What a humiliation. Imagine you are desperate to plead to another country. Yet that supposed ally still rejects your request.

 

[Mav3rick]

Why do we always have to demean India to be better? Even if Indians do that, why do we have to stoop down to their level?

We love our Basmati and we believe that there is no rice better than our Basmati, mated to our food in general. Let Indians think the same. Our efforts should rather be to make ours even better and to introduce the latest cultivation and harvesting technologies and techniques to not only produce a better crop but also to increase the per acre yield. And we should quitely expand our exports.

Let Indians be Indians and let us be just better than them.