# India's unexpected wheat export restriction traps 1.8 million tonnes at ports · Business Upturn

> India banned wheat exports, trapping about 1.8 million tonnes at ports as a heat wave cut output and domestic prices hit records. Exporters holding letters of credit for only a fraction of the cargoes face losses from reselling into a weaker domestic market.

- Date: 2021-10-19 · published 2021-10-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44507-india-s-unexpected-wheat-export-restriction-traps-1-8-million-tonnes-at-ports
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A sudden export ban removes a major supplier from world wheat trade, which tends to firm global wheat prices while trapped cargoes weigh on the domestic market.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

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| WHEAT | 2024-05-07 | [INDIA ELECTIONS: Restrictive steps for wheat, rice exports may persist amid sticky inflation \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30206-india-elections-restrictive-steps-for-wheat-rice-exports-may-persist-amid.md) | +1.7% | +6.7% |
| WHEAT | 2022-07-07 | [India restricts wheat flour exports \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40457-india-restricts-wheat-flour-exports-reuters.md) | -5.1% | -4.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-08-26 | [India restricts wheat flour exports to bring down record prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39987-india-restricts-wheat-flour-exports-to-bring-down-record-prices-reuters.md) | +0.4% | +5.3% |
| WHEAT | 2025-07-16 | [India mulls lifting flour ban before removing restrictions on wheat exports – MillingandMillers.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23693-india-mulls-lifting-flour-ban-before-removing-restrictions-on-wheat-exports.md) | +1.6% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- businessupturn.com: https://businessupturn.com/finance/economy/indias-unexpected-wheat-export-restriction-traps-1-8-million-tonnes-at-ports/

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