MOSCOW, November 1. /TASS/. Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture proposed a temporary ban on the export of durum wheat from December 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024, according to the draft government resolution.

The Ministry of Agriculture proposed to "establish from December 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024, a temporary ban on the export of durum wheat (codes 1001 11 and 1001 19 of the unified Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the Customs Union) from Russia."

The ban does not apply to durum wheat exported from the Russian territory for international humanitarian assistance to foreign countries based on government decisions, exported within the framework of international intergovernmental agreements, exported as supplies, exported to the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia, and exported to the Republic of South Ossetia. The restriction will not apply to durum wheat imported into Belarus within the union state.