# A new field: Move to free farm exports

> An Indian business news page headlined 'Move to free farm exports' carries mostly stock-ticker and market boilerplate with little substantive content about the policy. The visible text gives no concrete details on what export restrictions are being lifted or on which products.

- Date: 2018-08-22 · published 2018-08-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63492-a-new-field-move-to-free-farm-exports
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Freer Indian farm exports could tighten global supply of rice or other grains if shipments rise, but the text does not establish any specific commodity or measure, so the price impact is unclear.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2025-10-03 | [India Exempts Farm Exports to Bhutan from Curbs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22359-india-exempts-farm-exports-to-bhutan-from-curbs.md) | -1.1% | -7.0% |
| RICE | 2017-12-21 | [Agriculture reforms: To stem falling prices, govt looks at new farm exports policy \| India News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67451-agriculture-reforms-to-stem-falling-prices-govt-looks-at-new-farm-exports.md) | -1.6% | +2.9% |
| RICE | 2019-03-05 | [Centre extends TMA  to specified farm exports - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60047-centre-extends-tma-to-specified-farm-exports-the-hindubusinessline.md) | +0.3% | +4.0% |
| RICE | 2018-10-05 | [PMO Gives Go-ahead to Anti-Farmer Agriculture Export Policy \| NewsClick](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62494-pmo-gives-go-ahead-to-anti-farmer-agriculture-export-policy-newsclick.md) | -0.9% | -1.3% |
| RICE | 2024-05-04 | [Sharp fall in agri exports prompts govt to push perishables \| India News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30205-sharp-fall-in-agri-exports-prompts-govt-to-push-perishables-india-news.md) | +2.7% | -6.6% |
| WHEAT | 2025-10-03 | [India Exempts Farm Exports to Bhutan from Curbs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22359-india-exempts-farm-exports-to-bhutan-from-curbs.md) | +0.3% | +6.0% |
| WHEAT | 2023-04-18 | [More money needed for a new farm bill - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36403-more-money-needed-for-a-new-farm-bill-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -8.5% | -9.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-30 | [Farmers eager to see what's in next farm bill - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34565-farmers-eager-to-see-what-s-in-next-farm-bill-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.2% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- financialexpress.com: https://www.financialexpress.com/business/industry-a-new-field-move-to-free-farm-exports-1288057/

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