# New edition of OECD inventory highlights a sharp fall in global export restrictions on staple crops

> The 2025 OECD inventory shows that export restrictions on staple crops fell by nearly 50% between August 2024 and June 2025, after peaking in early 2024. India, Argentina and Russia removed several rice, maize, soybean and wheat measures during this period.

- Date: 2025-09-23 · published 2025-09-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22815-new-edition-of-oecd-inventory-highlights-a-sharp-fall-in-global-export
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Fewer export curbs free up more supply for world markets, which weighs on prices for rice, wheat, corn and soybeans. The effect is gradual and reflects policy easing already under way.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- RICE: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2024-11-08 | [India lifts export restrictions on rice \| IFPRI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27367-india-lifts-export-restrictions-on-rice-ifpri.md) | +1.9% | +4.8% |
| RICE | 2024-10-03 | [Global rice price declines to its lowest since 2008 as India eases export restrictions   - Nairametrics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12947-global-rice-price-declines-to-its-lowest-since-2008-as-india-eases-export.md) | +0.0% | -3.9% |
| RICE | 2024-07-17 | [Non-basmati rice bore the brunt of export restrictions imposed in 2023 \| Agriculture - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29328-non-basmati-rice-bore-the-brunt-of-export-restrictions-imposed-in-2023.md) | +2.3% | +2.7% |
| RICE | 2024-10-11 | [BMI cuts rice futures forecast for 2025 after India eases export restrictions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27915-bmi-cuts-rice-futures-forecast-for-2025-after-india-eases-export-restrictions.md) | -0.5% | -4.4% |
| RICE | 2024-06-01 | [Govt Mulls Lifting Rice Export Restrictions Amid Surplus Stocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30201-govt-mulls-lifting-rice-export-restrictions-amid-surplus-stocks.md) | +2.8% | -4.0% |
| WHEAT | 2024-07-10 | [Government to resume wheat sale from FCI stock; may take a call on lifting ban in rice exports - Times of India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29224-government-to-resume-wheat-sale-from-fci-stock-may-take-a-call-on-lifting-ban.md) | -4.1% | -2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-29 | [Black Sea wheat sharply lower on new crop prospects, Russian farmers hope that the tax will be lifted in 2021 - The Sizov Report blog](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48192-black-sea-wheat-sharply-lower-on-new-crop-prospects-russian-farmers-hope-that.md) | -0.5% | +4.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-03 | [Arab News \| Commodities Update — Gold prices fall; Indonesia to raise palm oil export quota; Russia reduces grain export taxes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6223-arab-news-commodities-update-gold-prices-fall-indonesia-to-raise-palm-oil.md) | -5.4% | -14.6% |

## Sources

- oecd.org: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/news/announcements/2025/09/new-edition-of-oecd-inventory-highlights-a-sharp-fall-in-global-export-restrictions-on-staple-crops.html

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