New Delhi (PTI): India, the second-largest wheat producer in the world, today eased a near 16-month-old ban to export 29,177 tonnes of wheat flours to Maldives.
"The prohibition imposed... on export of wheat flour shall not be applicable to export of 29,177 tonnes of wheat flours during 2009-10 to Maldives through PEC Ltd," the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said in a notification.
The shipment of wheat flours to Maldives followed the announcement by Minister of State for Food and Public Distribution Akhilesh Prasad Singh in December 2008 to export up to two million tonnes of wheat to friendly nations.
The government had earlier declared to export 10,000 tonnes of wheat to Nepal and 950 tonnes to Myanmar through diplomatic routes.
India had banned the export of wheat in February 2007 and that wheat flours in October that year to prop up domestic availability and keep prices under control.
Source : The Hindu