# India allows exports of broken rice to cut stockpiles

> India allowed exports of 100% broken rice through a notification issued on March 7, 2025, lifting a ban in place since September 2022. The move follows record state rice inventories, nearly nine times the government's target at the start of February.

- Date: 2025-03-07 · published 2025-03-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25548-india-allows-exports-of-broken-rice-to-cut-stockpiles
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Reopening exports adds supply to a global rice market that is already sluggish, which pressures international rice prices lower. Large Indian stocks also keep domestic prices subdued.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2023-03-26 | [India allows exports of 3.5 lakh tonnes broken rice to Gambia, Senegal - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36809-india-allows-exports-of-3-5-lakh-tonnes-broken-rice-to-gambia-senegal-the.md) | -2.6% | -5.3% |
| RICE | 2023-08-30 | [India allows exports of non-basmati white rice trapped at ports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34531-india-allows-exports-of-non-basmati-white-rice-trapped-at-ports.md) | +1.2% | -2.2% |
| RICE | 2022-11-01 | [India allows rice exports backed by already issued letters of credit - The Hindu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38627-india-allows-rice-exports-backed-by-already-issued-letters-of-credit-the-hindu.md) | +5.2% | +8.1% |
| RICE | 2025-03-07 | [India lifts ban on 100% broken white rice exports \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25550-india-lifts-ban-on-100-broken-white-rice-exports-s-and-p-global.md) | +4.9% | +1.4% |
| RICE | 2022-10-13 | [India to permit export of broken rice backed by letters of credit issued before sudden ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39076-india-to-permit-export-of-broken-rice-backed-by-letters-of-credit-issued-before.md) | -1.9% | +5.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/india-allows-exports-broken-rice-cut-stockpiles-2025-03-07/

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