# Wheat export ban to continue for now: Piyush Goyal | Business News - The Indian Express

> India's commerce minister Piyush Goyal said the ban on wheat exports will continue, citing the need to secure domestic supplies and contain inflation. He said wheat procurement has started and early purchases are satisfactory. India banned wheat exports in May 2022.

- Date: 2023-04-13 · published 2023-04-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36362-wheat-export-ban-to-continue-for-now-piyush-goyal-business-news-the-indian
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A continued Indian export ban keeps a major wheat supplier out of world markets, which supports global wheat prices and tightens feed-grade wheat availability for importers.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-02-12 | [India likely to continue curbs on wheat, rice exports \| India News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37311-india-likely-to-continue-curbs-on-wheat-rice-exports-india-news.md) | -3.2% | -9.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-07 | [After wheat, India now curbs the export of wheat flour and related products \| Economy & Policy News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40462-after-wheat-india-now-curbs-the-export-of-wheat-flour-and-related-products.md) | -5.1% | -4.3% |
| WHEAT | 2023-05-05 | [Lifting of ban on wheat export ruled out - Economy News \| The Financial Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35895-lifting-of-ban-on-wheat-export-ruled-out-economy-news-the-financial-express.md) | -1.9% | -5.2% |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-13 | [No proposal to lift export curbs on wheat, rice, sugar, says Piyush Goyal \| Agriculture - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32107-no-proposal-to-lift-export-curbs-on-wheat-rice-sugar-says-piyush-goyal.md) | +0.9% | -1.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-06-11 | [India tells WTO it won’t lift wheat export ban \| Today News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24151-india-tells-wto-it-won-t-lift-wheat-export-ban-today-news.md) | +0.5% | -2.0% |

## Sources

- indianexpress.com: https://indianexpress.com/article/business/wheat-export-ban-to-continue-for-now-piyush-goyal-8554643/

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