# E-commerce is must to boost export: Min

> India's Agriculture Ministry has proposed measures, including e-commerce, demand forecasting and logistics improvements, to raise agricultural exports to $60 billion by 2022 from about $38 billion. A draft agriculture export policy is open for stakeholder comment.

- Date: 2018-07-30 · published 2018-07-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63996-e-commerce-is-must-to-boost-export-min
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A proposed export policy is a long-range plan with no immediate change in supply or prices for feed commodities.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2017-09-05 | [Commerce Ministry to bring policy for agri exports soon: Prabhu \| Commerce Ministry to bring policy for agri exports soon: Prabhu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68935-commerce-ministry-to-bring-policy-for-agri-exports-soon-prabhu-commerce.md) | -2.1% | -5.1% |
| RICE | 2022-10-05 | [Rice export ban: Commerce ministry clarifies there's no export ban, to carry 20% duty \| Times Now](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39077-rice-export-ban-commerce-ministry-clarifies-there-s-no-export-ban-to-carry-20.md) | -1.4% | +1.5% |
| RICE | 2024-10-22 | [India scraps parboiled rice export tax to boost shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27794-india-scraps-parboiled-rice-export-tax-to-boost-shipments.md) | -0.1% | +0.5% |
| RICE | 2024-06-20 | [Commerce Ministry to take up the issue of rice export curbs with inter-ministerial panel - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29724-commerce-ministry-to-take-up-the-issue-of-rice-export-curbs-with-inter.md) | -2.0% | -21.3% |
| RICE | 2025-02-03 | [Govt decides to scrap export tax on parboiled rice to boost exports -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26007-govt-decides-to-scrap-export-tax-on-parboiled-rice-to-boost-exports.md) | -0.9% | -3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2017-09-05 | [Commerce Ministry to bring policy for agri exports soon: Prabhu \| Commerce Ministry to bring policy for agri exports soon: Prabhu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68935-commerce-ministry-to-bring-policy-for-agri-exports-soon-prabhu-commerce.md) | +2.4% | +2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-05-25 | [EXCLUSIVE India has no immediate plan to lift wheat export ban, commerce minister says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41365-exclusive-india-has-no-immediate-plan-to-lift-wheat-export-ban-commerce.md) | -1.3% | -3.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-08-24 | [India Lifts Wheat Export Ban in Boost to War-Hit World Trade - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17879-india-lifts-wheat-export-ban-in-boost-to-war-hit-world-trade-bloomberg.md) | -0.4% | +2.1% |

## Sources

- dailypioneer.com: https://dailypioneer.com/business/e-commerce-is-must-to-boost-export-min

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