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The government has banned the export of broken rice and imposed a 20 per cent export duty on non-basmati rice, according to a government notification. The imposition does not include parboiled rice amid a fall in area under the paddy crop in the current kharif season.

According to the notification, certain consignments of broken rice will be allowed to be exported during the period September 9-15. It has been allowed keeping in view the consignments commenced before this notification, where the shipping bill is filed and vessels have already berthed or arrived and anchored on Indian ports and their rotation number has been allocated before this order.

‘Export Policy of broken rice …is amended from ‘Free’ to ‘Prohibited’,’ the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification dated September 8, 2022. The notification comes into effect from September 9, 2022. Provisions under the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 regarding the transitional arrangement shall not be applicable to this notification, it added.

The government has banned the export of

Acts & Schemes – Centre, AgroPolicy, Foodgrains, India, World

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister,  Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for amendment of policy of exemption for Wheat or Meslin Flour (HS Code 1101) from export restrictions or ban.

Russia and Ukraine are the major exporters of wheat accounting for around 1/4th of the global wheat trade. The conflict between them led to the global wheat supply chain disruptions increasing demand for Indian wheat. As a result, the price of wheat in the domestic market showed an increase. In order to ensure food security for 1.4 billion people of the country, the decision was taken to put a prohibition on export of wheat in May 2022. However, due to prohibition on export of wheat (which was done to put a check on increasing prices in domestic market and to ensure food security in the country), the demand for wheat flour has increased in foreign markets and it’s exports from India have registered a growth of 200 per cent during April-July 2022 compared to the corresponding period in 2021. 

Earlier, there was a policy not to prohibit or put any restrictions on the export of Wheat flour. Therefore, a partial modification of the policy was required by withdrawing the exemption from ban/ restrictions on export for Wheat Flour in order to ensure food security and put a check on mounting prices of Wheat flour in the country.

The increased demand for wheat flour in the international market led to significant price rise of wheat flour in the domestic market.

The approval will now allow a restriction on the export of Wheat Flour which will ensure a curb on rising prices of wheat flour and ensure food security of the most vulnerable sections of the society.

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) shall issue a notification to this effect.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired