# Insight: How India's rice export curbs of 2022–23 were unwound

> A background piece traces how India's rice export curbs from 2022 to 2023 were rolled back between September 2024 and March 2025. Exports fell in 2023-24 and recovered afterward, and the central pool held large stocks when broken rice was freed.

- Date: 2026-10-24 · published 2026-10-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17084-insight-how-india-s-rice-export-curbs-of-2022-23-were-unwound
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Removal of India's export curbs and large state stocks add rice supply to world markets, which weighs on international rice prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2024-09-29 | [FACTBOX Why India's easing of export curbs is important to global rice trade \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28268-factbox-why-india-s-easing-of-export-curbs-is-important-to-global-rice-trade.md) | +0.1% | +0.0% |
| RICE | 2024-09-18 | [India considers easing export curbs on non-basmati rice as supplies improve](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28269-india-considers-easing-export-curbs-on-non-basmati-rice-as-supplies-improve.md) | -0.6% | -2.0% |
| RICE | 2022-12-01 | [India officially lifts rice export ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38310-india-officially-lifts-rice-export-ban.md) | -6.2% | +0.5% |
| RICE | 2025-03-07 | [India allows exports of broken rice to cut stockpiles](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25548-india-allows-exports-of-broken-rice-to-cut-stockpiles.md) | +4.9% | +1.4% |
| RICE | 2024-07-09 | [Swelling granaries may prompt India to ease rice export curbs \| Mint](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29225-swelling-granaries-may-prompt-india-to-ease-rice-export-curbs-mint.md) | -13.9% | -10.5% |

## Sources

- food.industry-report.net: https://food.industry-report.net/2026/10/24/insight-rice-export-curbs-2022-2025-ban-mep-duty-lifted/

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