Behind the Slack of Food Export Restrictions (Bisniss) 

Bisniss (Indonesia) reported on food export restrictions. The article quoted IFPRI research that about half of at least 17 countries that seek to limit exports to secure local supplies, no longer implement or relax restrictions. But groups that relaxed export restrictions included several major wheat producers, such as Ukraine and Romania. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber said, after reassuring that global supplies were safe, international organizations encouraged many countries to relax export restriction policies. “We hope this is the end of export restrictions. However, people will be watching countries such as Russia to see whether current quotas and restrictions are extended to the next harvest.”