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India Lifts Export Ban on Wheat Flour, Related Products with Immediate Effect
- On Monday, August 24, 2026, the Central Government lifted its year-long ban on wheat and flour exports, effective immediately, as the Directorate General of Foreign Trade revised policy from prohibited to free.
- Officials originally prohibited exports in 2022 to safeguard food security for the country's 1.4 billion population, citing rising domestic prices following the Russia-Ukraine War's disruption of global supplies.
- Improved domestic supplies prompted this policy shift, with India's latest wheat harvest reaching an all-time high of 120.6 million tons and total foodgrain production increasing 5.3 per cent.
- Global wheat supplies remain under strain as Russia and Ukraine escalate attacks in the Black Sea, sending Chicago wheat futures to a two-year high and hampering regional logistics.
- As the world's second-biggest wheat producer, India previously allowed 25 lakh metric tonnes of wheat and 5 lakh metric tonnes of wheat products in February, building toward this full reopening.
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