# Export bans and stocking limits: are they working? | Data - The Hindu

> A policy brief from the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations criticized India's wheat and rice export bans and rising export duties as knee-jerk measures. It called for a rational trade policy balancing consumers and producers. August retail inflation rose to 6.83%, above the 6% ceiling, with food inflation at 9.94%.

- Date: 2023-09-20 · published 2023-09-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34047-export-bans-and-stocking-limits-are-they-working-data-the-hindu
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Continued Indian export restrictions on wheat and rice tighten global supply and support international rice and wheat prices, while pressure to reverse them is limited so far.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2022-09-22 | [India defends its decision to ban rice, wheat exports at WTO - The Hindu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39558-india-defends-its-decision-to-ban-rice-wheat-exports-at-wto-the-hindu.md) | -1.5% | -6.5% |
| RICE | 2022-09-18 | [Explained \| The ban on the export of broken rice - The Hindu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39670-explained-the-ban-on-the-export-of-broken-rice-the-hindu.md) | -2.5% | -6.1% |
| RICE | 2023-07-20 | [Centre bans export of non-basmati white rice to check price rise - The Hindu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35006-centre-bans-export-of-non-basmati-white-rice-to-check-price-rise-the-hindu.md) | +1.3% | -0.6% |
| RICE | 2023-12-18 | [Rice export ban justified - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32649-rice-export-ban-justified-the-hindubusinessline.md) | +1.6% | +3.1% |
| RICE | 2022-05-27 | [Centre is monitoring India's rice stock: Concerns rise over an export ban \| Times Now](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41361-centre-is-monitoring-india-s-rice-stock-concerns-rise-over-an-export-ban-times.md) | -2.8% | -6.9% |
| WHEAT | 2022-09-22 | [India defends its decision to ban rice, wheat exports at WTO - The Hindu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39558-india-defends-its-decision-to-ban-rice-wheat-exports-at-wto-the-hindu.md) | -0.2% | -10.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-10-05 | [Wheat exports can be limited at 25 million tons \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44410-wheat-exports-can-be-limited-at-25-million-tons-ukrainian-and-world-shipping.md) | +1.4% | +13.4% |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-16 | [Wheat Flour Exports Still Banned, But Limited Window Opened: DGFT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21016-wheat-flour-exports-still-banned-but-limited-window-opened-dgft.md) | -0.5% | +4.1% |

## Sources

- thehindu.com: https://www.thehindu.com/data/export-bans-and-stocking-limits-on-rice-and-wheat-are-they-working-data/article67325618.ece

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