# Wheat, rice contribute 50% to agri export - The Tribune

> Wheat and rice together accounted for about half of India's agricultural export value from April to August 2020. Basmati, non-basmati and wheat shipments rose, with wheat exports up 105% over the first five months of the fiscal year. Strong African demand and panic buying by some countries drove the increase.

- Date: 2020-11-05 · published 2020-11-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50108-wheat-rice-contribute-50-to-agri-export-the-tribune
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Strong Indian rice and wheat export demand supports global prices for these grains, tightening competing origin supplies for feed use.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-30 | [Wheat continues to rise - export demand supports US](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21105-wheat-continues-to-rise-export-demand-supports-us.md) | -0.3% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2023-06-21 | [India to resume exporting wheat, broken rice to 4 countries  - India Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35457-india-to-resume-exporting-wheat-broken-rice-to-4-countries-india-today.md) | +9.4% | +0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2017-09-25 | [Russia: wheat export prices are rising due to good](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69002-russia-wheat-export-prices-are-rising-due-to-good.md) | -7.1% | +2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2023-06-21 | [India approves wheat, broken rice exports requests from 4 countries](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35450-india-approves-wheat-broken-rice-exports-requests-from-4-countries.md) | +9.4% | +0.6% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-21 | [Export prices for barley in Ukraine reached the level of corn and feed wheat prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26576-export-prices-for-barley-in-ukraine-reached-the-level-of-corn-and-feed-wheat.md) | +3.4% | +5.7% |
| RICE | 2023-06-21 | [India to resume exporting wheat, broken rice to 4 countries  - India Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35457-india-to-resume-exporting-wheat-broken-rice-to-4-countries-india-today.md) | +2.8% | -9.0% |
| RICE | 2023-06-21 | [India approves wheat, broken rice exports requests from 4 countries](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35450-india-approves-wheat-broken-rice-exports-requests-from-4-countries.md) | +2.8% | -9.0% |
| RICE | 2022-04-20 | [Why India shouldn't get carried away by wheat, rice export bonanza due to Ukraine war](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41812-why-india-shouldn-t-get-carried-away-by-wheat-rice-export-bonanza-due-to.md) | +4.3% | +6.8% |

## Sources

- tribuneindia.com: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/business/wheat-rice-contribute-50-to-agri-export-166083/

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