- CEO
- Sankesh Setia
- Full Time Employees
- 206
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Agricultural commodities/Milling
- Address
- Building No. 472 Gurgaon DE India 122001
- IPO Date
- Mar 7, 1995
- Business
- Chaman Lal Setia Exports Limited engages in the manufacture, trading, and marketing of rice, primarily basmati and related varieties, with a focus on processing, milling, and exporting premium products worldwide. The company offers basmati rice including 1121 raw, golden sella parboiled, steam, traditional raw (old), and pusa parboiled varieties; sella rice; bhatti sella rice for diabetics; smoked rice; pesticide residue free rice; brown rice; and non-basmati options under the Green World Aromatic Rice brand; marketed through flagship brands such as Maharani, Mithas, Begum, Maharani Diabetics Rice, Basmati Rice Plus, and Maharani Brown Basmati Rice. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Gurugram, India, with processing facilities in Amritsar, Karnal, Delhi, and Gujarat, it exports to over 90 countries across Europe, the Middle East, America, Asia, and emerging markets including potential expansion into Japan, while also supplying bulk rice to recognized exporters and serving domestic retail customers. Recent developments include the completion of three new packing units in Karnal, with two operational at approximately 60% capacity to boost production and support revenue targets exceeding 2,000 crore rupees for FY26; the shift of its Gandhidham processing facility to Mundra, Gujarat, commencing commercial operations in July 2025; a share buyback program in August 2024 repurchasing 2.01 million shares for 60.24 crore rupees at 300 rupees per share to enhance shareholder value; and sustained export growth to 1,260 crore rupees in FY25 despite revenue pressures from geopolitical issues, volatile rice prices, and elevated transportation costs.