# Food ministry recommends lifting over 3 years ban on wheat products export - Economy News | The Financial Express

> India's food ministry has recommended lifting the May 2022 export ban on wheat-based products such as flour, maida and sooji, initially allowing about 1 million tonnes. The proposal follows ample government wheat stocks of 30.46 MT against a 20.52 MT buffer norm, and a tepid response to the FCI open market sale scheme.

- Date: 2025-11-14 · published 2025-11-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21912-food-ministry-recommends-lifting-over-3-years-ban-on-wheat-products-export
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Reopening Indian wheat product exports would add demand for wheat in export markets in Africa, the Gulf and South Asia, which is mildly supportive for wheat prices. The scale is modest relative to global trade, so the impact is limited to regional flour and wheat flows.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-05-05 | [Lifting of ban on wheat export ruled out - Economy News \| The Financial Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35895-lifting-of-ban-on-wheat-export-ruled-out-economy-news-the-financial-express.md) | -1.9% | -5.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-11-15 | [With inflation at record low of 0.3%, food ministry proposes lifting of export ban on wheat products \| India News - The Times of India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21915-with-inflation-at-record-low-of-0-3-food-ministry-proposes-lifting-of-export.md) | +1.7% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-07 | [After wheat, India now curbs the export of wheat flour and related products \| Economy & Policy News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40462-after-wheat-india-now-curbs-the-export-of-wheat-flour-and-related-products.md) | -5.1% | -4.3% |
| WHEAT | 2023-04-13 | [Wheat export ban to continue for now: Piyush Goyal \| Business News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36362-wheat-export-ban-to-continue-for-now-piyush-goyal-business-news-the-indian.md) | +8.4% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-17 | [India lifts partial wheat export ban, allows 5 lakh tonnes of products - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21006-india-lifts-partial-wheat-export-ban-allows-5-lakh-tonnes-of-products-the.md) | -0.0% | +3.2% |

## Sources

- financialexpress.com: https://www.financialexpress.com/policy/economy/food-ministry-recommends-lifting-over-3-years-ban-on-wheat-products-exportnbsp/4044929/

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