AreaBilateral/Multilateral

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityBuckwheat

Date16/06/2021

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentExport ban and quota

DescriptionEnforced restrictions on buckwheat exports to countries outside the Eurasian Economic Union, including a temporary ban on exports from Armenia, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan and a 4 200-tonne quota on shipments from Kazakhstan. The measure expired on 31 August 2021 and aimed to guarantee adequate availability of buckwheat and its products in the domestic markets.