India extends rice bran export ban for four months

(By Planeta Arroz) The central government has extended the ban on the export of defatted rice bran for another four months, according to an official notification from the Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) dated March 15. The government initially banned the export of the commodity derivative in July 2023 for four months and later extended it until March 2024. The measure was apparently intended to combat inflation in milk prices. Defatted rice bran, extracted from rice bran, is widely used as a nutritional product for feeding cattle and other animals. Edible oil industry body The Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA) recently requested the government to lift the ban imposed on the export of the commodity derivative. In a letter to the central government, it argued that total DORB export constitutes only about 6 percent of production, and its restriction “has negatively affected processors and exporters, along with rice producers, preventing them from obtaining ...