# Surplus Wheat production resulting in heavy losses

> A Pakistani business leader says surplus wheat stocks held by provinces and the federal government have reached a record 9 million tonnes, with half stored in the open. He says exports remain uneconomic because international prices are about half of local prices. He calls for a new export policy and reduced wheat acreage.

- Date: 2017-10-09 · published 2017-10-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68437-surplus-wheat-production-resulting-in-heavy-losses
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Large unsold domestic stocks and weak export economics signal ample wheat supply in South Asia, which is bearish for regional wheat prices. Any policy shift toward exports could eventually add to world supply.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-13 | [FCI Has Too Much Wheat: Either It Must Revise Prices, Or Auction Stocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59032-fci-has-too-much-wheat-either-it-must-revise-prices-or-auction-stocks.md) | -0.4% | +4.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-04-29 | [India lifts wheat tariff as election, harvest shape policy - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59579-india-lifts-wheat-tariff-as-election-harvest-shape-policy-grain-central.md) | -4.1% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-28 | [India Reopens Its Wheat Gates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18292-india-reopens-its-wheat-gates.md) | -1.0% | +2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2026-02-13 | [India Relaxes Wheat Export Curbs to Appease Protesting Farmers - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20582-india-relaxes-wheat-export-curbs-to-appease-protesting-farmers-bloomberg.md) | +0.9% | +4.0% |
| WHEAT | 2025-12-02 | [Record wheat surplus may force export-ban review next year, says industry body - CNBC TV18](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21461-record-wheat-surplus-may-force-export-ban-review-next-year-says-industry-body.md) | -1.2% | -1.1% |

## Sources

- mettisglobal.news: https://mettisglobal.news/surplus-wheat-production-resulting-in-heavy-losses

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