# Quantitative ceiling on export of organic agricultural & processed products

> India's DGFT issued Notification No. 03/2015-2020 on 19 April 2017 exempting organic wheat, non-Basmati rice, edible oils and sugar from export quantitative ceilings and bans. It also raised the organic pulses and lentils export ceiling to 50,000 MT per year, with contracts registered with APEDA before shipment.

- Date: 2017-04-19 · published 2017-04-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71465-quantitative-ceiling-on-export-of-organic-agricultural-and-processed-products
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

The change applies only to certified organic volumes, which are small relative to world grain trade, so price impact is limited. It is a minor liberalisation that should not shift feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-19 | [India: Reduced quantity restrictions on export of certain agricultural products - Global Trade Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71462-india-reduced-quantity-restrictions-on-export-of-certain-agricultural-products.md) | +1.2% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-05-02 | [Ukraine's agricultural exports drop 23.4% in April](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14205-ukraine-s-agricultural-exports-drop-23-4-in-april.md) | +2.1% | -3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-08 | [India's agricultural exports to rise despite curbs on wheat, rice, sugar - minister](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32106-india-s-agricultural-exports-to-rise-despite-curbs-on-wheat-rice-sugar-minister.md) | -2.5% | -2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-14 | [Rice, Sugar, and Pulses Lead India's Agricultural Exports - Grainmart News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51087-rice-sugar-and-pulses-lead-india-s-agricultural-exports-grainmart-news.md) | +1.4% | +8.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-09-22 | [Focus on agri-exports-ForumIAS Blog](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45021-focus-on-agri-exports-forumias-blog.md) | +1.2% | +9.3% |
| RICE | 2017-04-19 | [India: Reduced quantity restrictions on export of certain agricultural products - Global Trade Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71462-india-reduced-quantity-restrictions-on-export-of-certain-agricultural-products.md) | -7.5% | +5.7% |
| RICE | 2021-09-21 | [Notwithstanding COVID19 induced challenges, India records close to 22% rise in export of agricultural and processed food products in April-August (2021-22) \| Ministry of Commerce and Industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45018-notwithstanding-covid19-induced-challenges-india-records-close-to-22-rise-in.md) | +2.0% | +0.9% |
| RICE | 2017-12-23 | [GRDB surpasses 2016 export and production target -	Reg. 5 recorded highest producing Region for 2017 - Ministry of Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67534-grdb-surpasses-2016-export-and-production-target-reg-5-recorded-highest.md) | -3.5% | +1.8% |

## Sources

- taxguru.in: https://taxguru.in/dgft/quantitative-ceiling-on-export-of-organic-agricultural-processed-products.html

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