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Informist, Friday, Jul. 25, 2025

 

By J. Navya Sruthi and Afra Abubacker

 

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI – After nearly three years of ban on exports of wheat by-products like flour, bran, and others, the government is likely to allow exports of wheat bran, market participants said. A rise in wheat output in 2024-25 (Jul-Jun) and higher government procurement are seen as the reasons for the government to make an announcement for easing the export restrictions.

 

The order allowing exports of wheat bran is confirmed and the government's release is likely to be out in 2-4 days, said Devendra Vora, a wholesale dealer at Navi Mumbai's Vashi market. There is enough of wheat supply in domestic markets and with the government, he added.  

 

Wheat bran is a by-product made during milling. "Maida accounts for 60-70% of wheat, bran accounts for 27-28%," said Pramod Kumar, former president, Roller Flour Millers' Federation of India. Wheat bran is mostly used as a cattle feedstock and is exported majorly to Bangladesh, he added.

 

"Only mills in eastern India export wheat bran. It is used as feedstock only for cattle, not poultry," he said. The influx of distillers' dried grains with solubles, a protein-rich by-product during ethanol manufacturing, has been pulling down prices of wheat bran prices, Kumar said. Distillers' dried grains with solubles is a feedstock and competes with other oilmeals and wheat bran in the animal feed market. 

 

The government had banned wheat exports in May 2022 when the output in 2021-22 (Jul-Jun) was down nearly 2% on year at 110.6 million tonnes. This led to a surge in wheat prices during the year and prompted the government to ban exports of both wheat and its by-products to ensure availability and control prices. It had banned exports of wheat by-products in August 2022.

 

The government did not allow exports of wheat or its by-products in later years as prices were firm because of lower availability amid erratic monsoon. Although the government estimated a record high wheat output for 2022-23 and 2023-24, the market's estimate was much lower. Only in 2024-25, owing to staggered southwest monsoon, which helped in replenishing reservoir levels, India's wheat output increased 5-10%, according to both the government and market. 

 

According to the third advance estimates, wheat production for 2024–25 is pegged at 117.5 million tonnes, up from 113.3 million tonnes a year ago. Private trade estimates range from 108-115 million tonnes, still higher than last year's output of 100–105 million tonnes. The government's wheat purchases this year are 30.1 million tonnes, higher than 26.6 million tonnes procured in FY25.  End

 

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

 

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