Govt lifts ban on wheat export but it may not be of much help: Agriculture Minister

18 Jul 2011 Evaluate

The Empowered Group of Minister (EGoM) on food headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee removed the four year ban from export of wheat. The government’s decision of removing the ban was quite late and now it is expected that this will not have any significant impact on the wheat prices in domestic market.

The Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on July 16 said, the ban on export of wheat imposed in 2007 has been lifted. But it will not have many takers in the international market where prices are quite depressed. By adding further he said no quantity has been specified for export of wheat in the wake of its low prices across the globe.

Earlier, EGoM on food removed the ban from the export of non-basmati rice, and had allowed to export 1 million tonnes of non basmati rice, but did not specify any quantity for wheat, though the proposal was for permitting 2 million tonnes to be exported from the open market.

Agriculture minister also expressed his doubt about the viability of the wheat export as the international price of commodity is stable and less likely to increase in the coming time. Agriculture minister by giving stress on the fact that country has more stock than it required for domestic consumption.

By expressing concern on the issue of storing capacity Agriculture Minister said that the real problem would start when procurement of wheat starts in Andhra Pradesh and Punjab, wheat stored in Andhra Pradesh and Punjab cannot move to central India due to scarcity of space.

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