AreaSri Lanka

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date01/06/2012

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentExport restrictions

DescriptionAnnounced that rice and paddy exports would be stopped to ensure sufficient domestic availabilities until new supplies from the 2013 main crop arrive in local markets. Subsequent official statements to the media clarified that some exports, including those of specialty rice, would still be permitted and that a minimum export price would be put in place.