wheat export from india

New Delhi:

Weeks after the central government banned wheat exports to control price rise, the Center on Wednesday announced that India exported wheat worth USD 177 million in March and USD 473 million in April this year. .

If we look at the government data, the estimated production of wheat in India for 2022-23 is about 105 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT).

Apart from consumption for India's 130 crore population, food security schemes like National Food Security Act (NFSA) and Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMJKAY) require 30 MMT of wheat.

Along with this, domestic consumption is also done in other welfare schemes for about 80 crore poor and vulnerable people.

Along with this, humanitarian aid is also given to neighboring countries and other vulnerable countries.

The government said that 42.7 MMT of wheat has been distributed under NFSA and PMGKAY in the financial year 2021-22.

"Among the Wheat Exporting Countries, India ranked 19th in 2020, 35th in 2019, 36th in 2018, 36th in 2017 and 37th in 2016, indicating that India's share is 0.47 per cent. While seven countries are Russia, USA, Canada , France, Ukraine, Australia, Argentina have the largest share in wheat exports in the last five years.

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India exported wheat worth USD 177 million and USD 473 million in March 2022 and April 2022 respectively, despite facing challenges of low wheat production amid extreme heat.

Whereas in the northern part of the country due to inclement weather, cereals shrunk and yields per acre declined. The procurement so far has been 53 percent less than a year ago, despite a boom in exports earlier this month. .

Government data released on Wednesday said export restrictions, a regular feature of major food producers, have adversely affected India as well.

On the other hand India has taken steps towards regulation of export of wheat to ensure food security of its country, its neighbors and vulnerable countries.

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On the wheat ban front, there are at least eight countries (except India) such as Egypt, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Kosovo, Ukraine, Belarus etc., which have exercised export restrictions on wheat that are still in force.

Egypt and Turkey are also importing wheat in large quantities from India.

The government said that in the past few months, some other countries such as Argentina and Hungary had banned the export of wheat, but have now done away with those restrictions.

Russia removed export duty, but due to trade embargo by western countries, it is not able to export,

Apart from this, many other food products have been banned for export.

These include vegetable oil restrictions by Indonesia (palm oil), Argentina, Kazakhstan, Cameroon, Kuwait etc.

Indonesia's decision to ban palm oil exports to countries (such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, India) that accounted for nearly a third of all vegetable oil exports in the country (palm oil comprises about 60 percent) of global vegetable oil shipments. had a major impact, who were heavily dependent on Indonesia to meet their domestic needs.

These have resulted in a significant price increase and India has been on the receiving end.

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Wheat procurement in Rabi Market Season (RMS) 2022-23 is 180 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) as compared to 400 LMT in last year's RMS 2021-22 (ie 45 per cent).

This is because the farmer got a better price than the MSP in the open market, as confirmed by the market survey reports and field offices, even without visiting the mandi at most places, this is also evident from the fact It is reported that the procurement on May 16, 2022 and May 17, 2022 has been 31,349 MT and 27,876 MT respectively, as compared to 3,80,200 MT and 1,46,782 MT respectively on the same day last year.


Besides, the procurement of 180 LMT in RMS 2022-23 is also due to relaxation of Fair Average Quality (FAQ) norms by the Central Government for shrunken cereals of wheat (6 per cent to 18 per cent).

This has facilitated the farmer to sell the produce to the government at MSP, which was selling in the open market at a lower price, the government says, thus protecting the financial security of the farmers.