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Informist, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025

 

--Food secy: Govt opens wheat bran exports

 

NEW DELHI - The government has lifted the ban on exports of wheat bran with licences already being issued, Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra said on the sidelines of the ISMA conference here. Licences for export can be taken from the Directorage General of Foreign Trade.

 

A maximum quantity of 1,000 tonnes of wheat bran exports has been allowed. Wheat bran is a by-product obtained during milling of wheat grain. While maida accounts for 60-70% of wheat, bran accounts for 27-28% and is mostly used as a cattle feedstock.

 

Millers had been seeking easing of export curbs citing a drastic fall in prices of the commodity. The ample availability of cheap and protein-rich ethanol byproduct - distillers' dried grains with soluble - they said, had led to a glut in several byproducts which were earlier used as prime cattle feed. One of the most affected was wheat bran. This glut, they said, led to a sharp drop in prices of the byproduct, which fell from about INR 25 per kg in June, to INR 17-18 per kg in August in Mumbai markets.

 

Wheat production in India for the crop year 2024-25 (Jul-Jun) is seen at a record 117.5 million tonnes, with procurement crossing 30 million tonnes. Brisk purchases amid a bumper harvest are ensuring sufficient stocks for distribution through the public distribution system and enable market intervention to curb price spikes. 

 

It is likely this confidence, that has pushed the government to open wheat bran exports, which were banned in May 2022 when the output in 2021-22 (Jul-Jun) was down nearly 2% on year at 110.6 million tonnes. The fall in output had then 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.

 

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.   End

 

Reported by Pallavi Singhal and Afra Abubacker

Edited by Vandana Hingorani

 

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