# Supply of essential commodities to the Republic of Maldives during 2019-20 - KC Notifications

> India's DGFT notified export quotas allowing shipments to the Maldives under a bilateral agreement for 2019-20. The quotas cover potatoes, onions, rice, wheat flour, sugar, dal and eggs, with rice at about 89,454 MT and wheat flour at about 78,612 MT. The exports are exempt from existing or future export restrictions.

- Date: 2019-06-17 · published 2019-06-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58557-supply-of-essential-commodities-to-the-republic-of-maldives-during-2019-20-kc
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

These are small, bilateral volumes relative to world trade, so the price impact is minimal. The notification does signal that India's exports to a neighbour are protected from curbs.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2020-08-13 | [Export of Eggs, Potatoes, Onions, Rice, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Dal, Stone Aggregates, River Sand - KC Notifications](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51560-export-of-eggs-potatoes-onions-rice-wheat-flour-sugar-dal-stone-aggregates.md) | +2.2% | +6.8% |
| RICE | 2017-10-27 | [ACCURATE COMMODITY  TIPS\| BULLION MARKET TIPS\|BEST COMMODITY TIPS\|COMMODITY TRADING TIPS TODAY\|MCX: Rice prices in India dip on rising supply; Thailand eyes Sri Lankan demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68538-accurate-commodity-tips-bullion-market-tips-best-commodity-tips-commodity.md) | -3.0% | +8.1% |
| RICE | 2023-06-17 | [G2G demand for broken rice mostly from African nations, say officials - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35452-g2g-demand-for-broken-rice-mostly-from-african-nations-say-officials-the.md) | +0.8% | -12.5% |
| RICE | 2018-05-09 | [United States Issues First-Ever WTO Counter Notification Against India’s Market Price Support \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65001-united-states-issues-first-ever-wto-counter-notification-against-india-s-market.md) | -0.3% | -7.7% |
| RICE | 2024-09-18 | [Six WTO nations quiz India's export curbs on rice, wheat - The Economic Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28271-six-wto-nations-quiz-india-s-export-curbs-on-rice-wheat-the-economic-times.md) | -0.6% | -2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-07 | [Exports of certain commodities to Maldives exempted from restrictions in 2019-20](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59028-exports-of-certain-commodities-to-maldives-exempted-from-restrictions-in-2019-20.md) | -2.1% | +4.9% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-13 | [Export of Eggs, Potatoes, Onions, Rice, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Dal, Stone Aggregates, River Sand - KC Notifications](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51560-export-of-eggs-potatoes-onions-rice-wheat-flour-sugar-dal-stone-aggregates.md) | +0.7% | +11.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-12-20 | [Since the beginning of MY 2017/18 grain export amounted to 20 million tons — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67334-since-the-beginning-of-my-2017-18-grain-export-amounted-to-20-million-tons.md) | +0.4% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- kireeticonsultants.com: https://www.kireeticonsultants.com/notification/Supply-of-essential-commodities-to-the-Republic-of-Maldives-during-2019-20

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