# Mali suspends grain exports amid fears of food shortages

> Mali suspended grain exports amid fears of food shortages. The article notes that grain supply in neighbouring Burkina Faso was low, with sorghum prices up as much as 19% and maize up 31% year on year.

- Date: 2021-12-07 · published 2021-12-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region West Africa · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43676-mali-suspends-grain-exports-amid-fears-of-food-shortages
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

An export ban removes regional supply from West African markets, which tends to lift local sorghum and maize prices. The effect on world grain prices is limited because the countries involved are small exporters.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-07-30 | [China's major fertiliser makers to suspend exports amid tight supplies \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45993-china-s-major-fertiliser-makers-to-suspend-exports-amid-tight-supplies-reuters.md) | -0.1% | -1.1% |
| CORN | 2020-12-01 | [Argentina to Tax Grain Exports \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49492-argentina-to-tax-grain-exports-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.4% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2020-04-27 | [Are Black Sea grain exporters turning to ‘food nationalism’? \| 2020-04-27  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53495-are-black-sea-grain-exporters-turning-to-food-nationalism-2020-04-27-world-grain.md) | -0.7% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2025-09-22 | [Argentina suspends agro-export taxes to scoop up dollars \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13831-argentina-suspends-agro-export-taxes-to-scoop-up-dollars-reuters.md) | -0.4% | -1.1% |
| CORN | 2021-02-04 | [Argentina does not rule out an increase in grains export taxes - media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48457-argentina-does-not-rule-out-an-increase-in-grains-export-taxes-media.md) | -3.1% | -3.9% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/mali-suspends-grain-exports-amid-fears-food-shortages-2021-12-07/

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