# Focus on India | World Grain

> India has lifted restrictions on wheat and flour exports after a fourth consecutive record wheat harvest in 2026-27. Exports of 2.5 million tonnes of wheat and 1 million tonnes of products have been allowed under an allocation system, mostly for neighboring countries.

- Date: 2026-10-12 · published 2026-10-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17086-focus-on-india-world-grain
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Additional Indian wheat exports to South Asia add supply to the regional market and offer competition to other origins, which is bearish for wheat prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2026-04-06 | [Focus on Argentina \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13798-focus-on-argentina-world-grain.md) | -1.9% | +1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-08 | [India doubles wheat import tax, imposes 50 per cent tax on peas - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67953-india-doubles-wheat-import-tax-imposes-50-per-cent-tax-on-peas-grainews.md) | +1.2% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-19 | [Govt wants to dump excess food grain in Africa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57021-govt-wants-to-dump-excess-food-grain-in-africa.md) | +2.2% | +2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-10 | [India's wheat import tariff weighs on prices for Black](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67961-india-s-wheat-import-tariff-weighs-on-prices-for-black.md) | +0.9% | +1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2021-02-11 | [Argentina decides not to increase grain export taxes \| 2021-02-11  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48460-argentina-decides-not-to-increase-grain-export-taxes-2021-02-11-world-grain.md) | +9.3% | +9.6% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/23318-focus-on-india

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