# No proposal to lift export curbs on wheat, rice, sugar, says Piyush Goyal | Agriculture - Business Standard

> Indian Union Minister Piyush Goyal said there is no proposal to lift export restrictions on wheat, rice and sugar. He said India will not import wheat or sugar. The curbs were put in place to control rising domestic prices, including the wheat export ban from May 2022 and the non-basmati rice ban from July 2023.

- Date: 2024-01-13 · published 2024-01-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32107-no-proposal-to-lift-export-curbs-on-wheat-rice-sugar-says-piyush-goyal
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Keeping Indian export curbs in place removes a large volume of rice and wheat from global trade, supporting world prices. The absence of imports means India will not add supply to its own market.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2024-01-13 | [Govt not considering any proposal to lift export curbs on wheat, rice, sugar \| Mint](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32110-govt-not-considering-any-proposal-to-lift-export-curbs-on-wheat-rice-sugar-mint.md) | +1.9% | +8.1% |
| RICE | 2023-12-21 | [India's agri exports may stay flat in FY24 due to ban on wheat, rice, sugar \| Economy & Policy News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32644-india-s-agri-exports-may-stay-flat-in-fy24-due-to-ban-on-wheat-rice-sugar.md) | -1.2% | +1.2% |
| RICE | 2023-08-28 | [Central govt's restrictions on rice exports puts wheat and sugar in focus \| Economy & Policy News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34529-central-govt-s-restrictions-on-rice-exports-puts-wheat-and-sugar-in-focus.md) | +6.2% | +1.1% |
| RICE | 2024-02-02 | [Centre keeping all options open to curb rice prices: Food secretary \| Agriculture - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31609-centre-keeping-all-options-open-to-curb-rice-prices-food-secretary-agriculture.md) | +3.0% | +0.6% |
| RICE | 2023-05-24 | [Ban on wheat exports, curbs on rice shipments to stay](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35894-ban-on-wheat-exports-curbs-on-rice-shipments-to-stay.md) | +3.6% | +5.5% |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-13 | [Govt not considering any proposal to lift export curbs on wheat, rice, sugar \| Mint](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32110-govt-not-considering-any-proposal-to-lift-export-curbs-on-wheat-rice-sugar-mint.md) | +0.9% | -1.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-11-14 | [Centre warms up to allowing wheat product exports with quantitative curb \| Agriculture - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21913-centre-warms-up-to-allowing-wheat-product-exports-with-quantitative-curb.md) | +1.4% | +1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2023-12-21 | [India's agri exports may stay flat in FY24 due to ban on wheat, rice, sugar \| Economy & Policy News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32644-india-s-agri-exports-may-stay-flat-in-fy24-due-to-ban-on-wheat-rice-sugar.md) | +0.7% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/industry/agriculture/no-proposal-to-lift-export-curbs-on-wheat-rice-sugar-says-piyush-goyal-124011300309_1.html

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