China vs India Strategic Insight for Business Owners | Business | Sarthak Ahuja

The world’s largest rice producer made a decision that’s costing them billions... and it might be the smartest move they’ve ever made...
China, a country that grew a mind-boggling 214 million tonnes of rice in 2024, is... importing rice from India for the past 3 years.
So much that Rice Exporters made boat loads of money in this time.
But there’s something problematic here for India...
China’s imports of rice are not because there’s a shortage, but about strategic resource allocation...
It wants to use its own water for more value add products with higher margins, and delegate lower value uses to other countries.
You see, China isn’t just trading rice. They’re trading in resources, time, and long-term value. It’s like they’re playing 4D chess while the rest of us are still figuring out checkers.
Here’s the real deal:
👉🏼 It takes about 2,500 liters of water to produce 1 kg of rice. By importing rice, China’s essentially “importing” water, saving its own for better uses.
This frees up land and resources for more profitable ventures.
👉🏼 The cost of producing rice in some parts of China is higher than the import price. In 2024, the average cost of rice production in China was about $0.50 per kg, while the import price from India was around $0.35 per kg. They’re literally saving money by not growing their own rice.
They’re playing the long game, not just looking at short-term self-sufficiency. It’s like they’re thinking about their great-grandchildren’s rice bowls, not just tomorrow’s lunch.
All the talk about food self-sufficiency aside, my takeaway is this: the biggest determinant of success is how you choose to allocate your resources.
In business, being strategic about your resources is more important than just producing more. It’s not about how much rice you grow, it’s about how smart you are with your water.
So, next time you’re drowning in emails or juggling a million tasks, ask yourself:
Are you using your resources on low-value “rice,” or high-value “exports”?
Are you stuck producing more of the same, or are you freeing up resources for innovation and growth?
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A Chartered Accountant with about 10 years of experience in areas of Tax Advisory, Startup Consulting, Fundraising, Audits, Deal Advisory, Business Modelling and contract CFO services.
Winner of the ISB Young Leader Award 2017 and the Best All Rounder, PGP Class of '17, Sarthak has also been published about in the leading financial newspapers such as The Financial Express as possibly the youngest Indian to have completed the courses of CA, CS and CMA along with a graduate degree in Financial & Investment Analysis from University of Delhi, all by the age of 23 years.

[@AnandKumar-ub6dr]

Excellent tiger👍👍

[@apoorrvgupta1658]

A different perspective to outsourcing

[@Dabbawalas]

In that way Modi allowed Mobile companies of China to manufacture in India that uses water and a lot of other resources although providing massive skilled educational employment in the country as well. Thus, this suffice my stay on whether India should produce something that it’s already producing vs cutting off ties with manufacturers of a particular industry in order to give benefit to high margin and depleting the resources of a country on purpose to manufacture something for the very first time in your own country by allowing Apple and then later on Xiaomi to produce in India at mass level. Remember the food chain, Food is a necessity, Technology is a want.

[@resonance.439]

u didn't get his point

[@shwethad9162]

Create wealth in the long term and eat what?