# India lifts export restrictions on rice | IFPRI

> India has removed several rice export restrictions over the past two months, some in place since September 2022. The IFPRI analysis examines the effect on African importers, which typically take over half of India's rice exports, and on Indian domestic prices.

- Date: 2024-11-08 · published 2024-11-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27367-india-lifts-export-restrictions-on-rice-ifpri
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Lifting Indian export curbs adds supply to the global rice market and should ease the elevated prices importers have faced for about a year. Expect softer rice export pricing as Indian supply returns.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2022-12-01 | [India officially lifts rice export ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38310-india-officially-lifts-rice-export-ban.md) | -6.2% | +0.5% |
| 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% |
| 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 | 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% |

## Sources

- ifpri.org: https://www.ifpri.org/blog/india-lifts-export-restrictions-on-rice/

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