# GIEWS Country Brief: India 24-March-2025 - India | ReliefWeb

> A GIEWS country brief forecasts India's 2025 wheat crop at a record 115.4 million tonnes, with harvesting due to finish by May. Cereal production for 2024 is also forecast at a record level, and rice and wheat prices were higher year on year in February 2025.

- Date: 2025-03-25 · published 2025-03-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25549-giews-country-brief-india-24-march-2025-india-reliefweb
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

A record Indian wheat crop adds to global wheat supply and eases pressure on import demand. Higher domestic rice and wheat prices, however, reflect firmer local costs.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-12 | [GIEWS Country Brief: India - Reference Date; 12-March-2021 - India \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48075-giews-country-brief-india-reference-date-12-march-2021-india-reliefweb.md) | -0.3% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-13 | [Grain Transportation Report, March 13, 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16463-grain-transportation-report-march-13-2025.md) | +5.7% | +2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-11 | [Daily Market Wire 12 March 2025 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25517-daily-market-wire-12-march-2025-grain-central.md) | +5.7% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2024-03-21 | [Grain Transportation Report, March 21, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16559-grain-transportation-report-march-21-2024.md) | +0.9% | +2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2022-11-17 | [GIWA Crop Report: 2022-23 WA harvest could beat 24.3Mt record by a ‘fair margin’ despite rain and hail \| Countryman](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38640-giwa-crop-report-2022-23-wa-harvest-could-beat-24-3mt-record-by-a-fair-margin.md) | +1.0% | -0.5% |
| RICE | 2026-10-29 | [GIEWS Country Brief: The Islamic Republic of Mauritania 28-October-2026 - Mauritania \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/118-giews-country-brief-the-islamic-republic-of-mauritania-28-october-2026.md) | +3.2% | — |
| RICE | 2025-08-08 | [GEOGLAM Global Crop Monitor \| No. 35 – August 2025 - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23240-geoglam-global-crop-monitor-no-35-august-2025-world-reliefweb.md) | +0.6% | -8.9% |
| RICE | 2020-12-01 | [Rice market remains resilient but could face headwinds later in 2021 - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49713-rice-market-remains-resilient-but-could-face-headwinds-later-in-2021-rice.md) | -2.0% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/india/giews-country-brief-india-24-march-2025

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