# India imposing 50 percent duty on peas and 20 percent duty on wheat - RealAgriculture

> India raised its basic customs duty on peas from nil to 50 percent and on wheat from 10 to 20 percent, through a Central Board of Excise and Customs order issued Wednesday. The move is aimed at supporting domestic prices after a bumper crop, and Canada has voiced concern over the pea tariff.

- Date: 2017-11-08 · published 2017-11-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67959-india-imposing-50-percent-duty-on-peas-and-20-percent-duty-on-wheat
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Indian import duties reduce demand for wheat and peas from exporters such as Canada, Russia and Ukraine, which pressures world wheat prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-08 | [India doubles wheat import tax, imposes 50 per cent tax on peas - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67953-india-doubles-wheat-import-tax-imposes-50-per-cent-tax-on-peas-grainews.md) | +1.2% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-27 | [Import duty on Wheat and Arhar Dal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70984-import-duty-on-wheat-and-arhar-dal.md) | -0.5% | -1.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-22 | [Govt considering imposing import duty on wheat: Agri Secy \| Govt considering imposing import duty on wheat: Agri Secy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71968-govt-considering-imposing-import-duty-on-wheat-agri-secy-govt-considering.md) | +2.2% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-28 | [Import duty on wheat, dal back \| Import duty on wheat, dal back](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71966-import-duty-on-wheat-dal-back-import-duty-on-wheat-dal-back.md) | +0.5% | +1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-12-09 | [India's ban on rice and wheat exports has been a failure - Nikkei Asia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38198-india-s-ban-on-rice-and-wheat-exports-has-been-a-failure-nikkei-asia.md) | +10.3% | +8.2% |

## Sources

- realagriculture.com: https://www.realagriculture.com/2017/11/india-imposing-50-percent-duty-on-peas-and-20-percent-duty-on-wheat/

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