India bans the wheat export but local companies assure sufficient supply of flour

KUALA LUMPUR (May 19): Wheat supply is expected to be affected by India banning the export of its wheat, according to local wheat flour producers. Bidara Flour Sdn Bhd marketing manager Arifin Aziz said the company, however, would not be badly affected by the ban as it imports wheat flour from India and not the grains. Hence, there will be no issue of supply being curtailed. “Our stock of wheat flour can still meet the demand for the next three or four months," he said, adding that the local industry players were already prepared for a supply shortage of wheat flour following the outbreak of war between Ukraine and Russia. “There are two issues here, which are the ban of wheat grain export by India and the war in Ukraine. Hence, the companies and factories in Malaysia have taken the measure of getting supply earlier and keeping stocks of the commodity." Meanwhile, Faiza Food Sdn Bhd plant manager Nor Haida Ishak said the company had been assured verbally that its supply order for ...