Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of wheat were stranded at a major port in India on Tuesday after New Delhi's surprise ban on exports over inflation and food security worries.
AHMEDABAD, May 17 Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of wheat were stranded at a major port in India today after New Delhi’s surprise ban on exports over inflation and food security worries. India, the world’s second-largest grower of wheat, last week ordered that traders could not enter into.
Of the four vessels berthed at the port, one, called 'Mana', was granted permission on Tuesday to load the remaining 17,160 tonnes of wheat and allowed to sail to its destination in Egypt, they said.