Government extends wheat export ban
11 Oct 2007
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Mumbai: The government
has extended the restriction on export of wheat beyond December and has prohibited
overseas sales of flour, according to statements posted on an official web site
of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade.
The government has also allowed private traders to import duty-free wheat for an indefinite period, the notes said.
Private
traders have imported more than one million tonnes of the grain since the government
allowed them to purchase at nil duty.
