# Food security fears are starting to threaten Asian rice exports | coronavirus outbreak News - The Indian Express

> Asian governments are moving to restrict rice exports over food security fears, with Vietnam temporarily suspending new export sales amid Mekong Delta drought. Myanmar has said it may also cut exports. Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine have already moved to limit wheat exports.

- Date: 2020-04-01 · published 2020-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Asia · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53619-food-security-fears-are-starting-to-threaten-asian-rice-exports-coronavirus
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Export suspensions by the world's third-largest rice shipper and others remove supply from the global market and push up rice prices. Panic buying is adding to the demand pressure.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2023-07-25 | [India’s new ban on rice exports: Potential threats to global supply, prices, and food security \| IFPRI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34967-india-s-new-ban-on-rice-exports-potential-threats-to-global-supply-prices-and.md) | -4.5% | -4.2% |
| RICE | 2022-08-27 | [Govt may curb export of rice to  maintain ‘food security’ \| India News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39984-govt-may-curb-export-of-rice-to-maintain-food-security-india-news.md) | +0.4% | +0.2% |
| RICE | 2025-12-01 | [Rice exporters brace for trade shifts as India tightens food security rules \| IREF News \| IREF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12734-rice-exporters-brace-for-trade-shifts-as-india-tightens-food-security-rules.md) | -0.9% | -5.6% |
| RICE | 2022-09-11 | [What government curbs on exporting rice mean for India and the world \| Explained News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39668-what-government-curbs-on-exporting-rice-mean-for-india-and-the-world-explained.md) | +2.9% | -2.9% |
| RICE | 2018-07-14 | [MSP increase could hit non-basmati rice exports \| India News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64101-msp-increase-could-hit-non-basmati-rice-exports-india-news-the-indian-express.md) | +1.0% | -10.7% |
| 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 | 2023-04-13 | [Wheat export ban to continue for now: Piyush Goyal \| Business News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36362-wheat-export-ban-to-continue-for-now-piyush-goyal-business-news-the-indian.md) | +8.4% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2018-07-04 | [Against the grain: Throwing caution to the winds \| India News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63994-against-the-grain-throwing-caution-to-the-winds-india-news-the-indian-express.md) | -1.6% | +4.3% |

## Sources

- indianexpress.com: https://indianexpress.com/article/coronavirus/food-security-fears-are-starting-to-threaten-asian-rice-exports-6341830/
- ghanaweb.com: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Food-security-fears-start-to-threaten-Asian-rice-exports-916198

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