# Agriculture Export Policy of India: Objectives and Challenges

> An explainer on India's agricultural export policy notes that India holds 2.4% of world agricultural exports and that exports fell 8% to $48.8 billion in 2023-24. It says the 2018 target of $60 billion by 2022 was missed and lists restrictions on sugar, non-basmati rice and wheat.

- Date: 2025-03-04 · published 2025-03-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25553-agriculture-export-policy-of-india-objectives-and-challenges
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Export restrictions on rice, wheat and sugar limit Indian supply to world markets and keep global prices firmer than they would otherwise be. The piece is background on policy rather than a new market event.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2021-03-11 | [India’s Agriculture Export Subsidy Policies come under WTO lens](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48082-india-s-agriculture-export-subsidy-policies-come-under-wto-lens.md) | +3.6% | +2.8% |
| RICE | 2018-12-31 | [Analytical Study of India’s Agricultural Exports Policy 2018 \| India Business and Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61539-analytical-study-of-india-s-agricultural-exports-policy-2018-india-business-and.md) | +3.5% | +6.7% |
| RICE | 2024-01-19 | [Is India’s Agricultural Export Policy Ambiguous? \| Economic and Political Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32108-is-india-s-agricultural-export-policy-ambiguous-economic-and-political-weekly.md) | +2.1% | +5.9% |
| RICE | 2019-11-21 | [Export-Import of Agricultural Products \| Country and Politics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56034-export-import-of-agricultural-products-country-and-politics.md) | +2.4% | +5.7% |
| RICE | 2019-09-18 | [How Ad Hoc Policies Are Hurting Exports Of Agricultural Products From India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57015-how-ad-hoc-policies-are-hurting-exports-of-agricultural-products-from-india.md) | -2.2% | -3.2% |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-11 | [India’s Agriculture Export Subsidy Policies come under WTO lens](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48082-india-s-agriculture-export-subsidy-policies-come-under-wto-lens.md) | -0.4% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2018-12-31 | [Analytical Study of India’s Agricultural Exports Policy 2018 \| India Business and Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61539-analytical-study-of-india-s-agricultural-exports-policy-2018-india-business-and.md) | +0.6% | +3.4% |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-19 | [Is India’s Agricultural Export Policy Ambiguous? \| Economic and Political Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32108-is-india-s-agricultural-export-policy-ambiguous-economic-and-political-weekly.md) | -0.0% | -6.2% |

## Sources

- blog.pazago.com: https://blog.pazago.com/post/india-agriculture-export-policy-objectives-challenges

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