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India Bans Wheat Exports as Food Security Comes Under Threat

  • Government will allow exports at the request of other nations
  • Buyers such as Egypt have looked to India as war hit supplies
Laborers load up wheat sacks on a truck at the grain market in Punjab, earlier in April.
Laborers load up wheat sacks on a truck at the grain market in Punjab, earlier in April.Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg
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India prohibited wheat exports that the world was counting on to alleviate supply constraints sparked by the war in Ukraine, saying that the food security of the nation is under threat. 

Exports will still be allowed to countries that require wheat for food security needs and based on the requests of their governments, India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade said in a notification dated May 13. All other new shipments will be banned with immediate effect.