
Taxguru published the DGFT Notification No. 55/2025-26, dated January 16, 2026. It keeps the prohibition on wheat flour exports, including atta, maida and semolina, but allows exports of up to 5 lakh metric tonnes under a specific export authorisation.
Operational modalities will be notified separately.
The notification creates a small, controlled export window for Indian wheat flour, adding limited demand for wheat. The overall effect on prices is minor because the quota is small.
After 182 past bullish policy events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (52% higher; middle half -1.9% to +1.4%), and -0.3% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.