# Centre warms up to allowing wheat product exports with quantitative curb | Agriculture - Business Standard

> India's Ministry of Consumer Affairs has asked the DGFT to act on flour millers' request to open exports of wheat products with a quantitative restriction of 1 million tonnes. The request cites surplus wheat and wheat product production and ample domestic availability.

- Date: 2025-11-14 · published 2025-11-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21913-centre-warms-up-to-allowing-wheat-product-exports-with-quantitative-curb
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A quota-limited reopening of Indian wheat product exports would add some export demand for wheat and flour, supporting wheat prices modestly. The quantity cap keeps the effect contained.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-13 | [No proposal to lift export curbs on wheat, rice, sugar, says Piyush Goyal \| Agriculture - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32107-no-proposal-to-lift-export-curbs-on-wheat-rice-sugar-says-piyush-goyal.md) | +0.9% | -1.1% |
| 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 | 2023-12-21 | [India's agri exports may stay flat in FY24 due to ban on wheat, rice, sugar \| Economy & Policy News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32644-india-s-agri-exports-may-stay-flat-in-fy24-due-to-ban-on-wheat-rice-sugar.md) | +0.7% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-01-27 | [Analysts weigh up wheat price expectations, following Russian export curbs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49197-analysts-weigh-up-wheat-price-expectations-following-russian-export-curbs.md) | -10.0% | -0.5% |
| 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

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/industry/agriculture/centre-warms-up-to-allowing-wheat-product-exports-with-quantitative-curb-125111401643_1.html

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