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Russia's rice export ban entered force on 1 July 2022, initially as a six-month measure that was extended repeatedly through subcommission and Cabinet decisions. The ban covered husked (brown) rice and paddy (raw) rice, the two primary export-eligible forms before milling. White/polished rice was governed separately, with periodic restrictions tied to domestic-market price conditions.
Resolution No. 2076 terminates that ban architecture as of 31 December 2025 and replaces it with a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) instrument analogous to the existing grain and fertiliser TRQs:
1. Quota volume: 200,000 tonnes for the full calendar year 2026. The volume is modest relative to Russia's total rice production (~1.1 Mt in recent years; Krasnodar Krai is the dominant growing region) and reflects a cautious first-year calibration rather than a full liberalisation.
2. In-quota duty: 0% — shipments up to the 200,000-tonne cap are exported duty-free to non-EAEU destinations.
3. Out-of-quota duty: 50% of customs value — the prohibitive above-quota rate mirrors the structure used in the grain TRQ (Resolution 2089, also 50% above-quota) and is intended to deter quota overshoot rather than raise revenue.
4. EAEU exemption: Exports within the Eurasian Economic Union (Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan) remain outside the quota mechanism and continue under free-circulation rules.
5. Prior context: A preliminary subcommission proposal in November 2024 had suggested a 50,000-tonne quota for hulled rice only; the final 200,000-tonne Resolution 2076 reflects a more expansive calibration, likely in response to the record 2025 Krasnodar harvest and declining domestic-price pressure.
The official rationale identifies two main drivers:
2022-era drought-driven deficits. Krasnodar output now fully covers domestic consumption (~700–800 kt/year), leaving a 200–400 kt structural exportable surplus.
meaningful volumes to the Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan) and CIS/EAEU neighbours before 2022. The ban eliminated those relationships; the TRQ is designed to rebuild them while capping volumes below the level that could pressure domestic-retail prices.
The structural logic is identical to the grain TRQ (Resolution 2089): a volumetric cap preserves a domestic-price backstop, while the 0% in-quota rate makes Russian origin competitive on international markets.
Resolution 2076 is the fourth pillar of Russia's recurring agricultural export-control architecture, joining:
most recent: Resolution 2089 of 22 Dec 2025 — sets 20 Mt H1 2026 cap).
Resolutions; most recent: Resolution 1400 of Oct 2024, covering Dec 2024–May 2025; followed by Resolution 431 of 17 Apr 2026 covering Jun–Nov 2026).
(Resolution 1544 of 14 Nov 2024).
28 Nov 2025 — extends scrap gold/silver ban into 2026).
Rice is a smaller-volume instrument than the grain or fertiliser TRQs but completes the picture of Russia deploying export-licensing authority across its full agricultural export portfolio.
Russia is a minor player in global rice trade relative to India (~40% global share), Thailand (~15%), Vietnam (~12%), and Pakistan (~10%). A 200,000-tonne Russian quota represents under 0.1% of world rice trade (~190 Mt/year). Accordingly, the direct price-discovery impact on Thai 5% broken FOB benchmarks is negligible.
However, the filing has indirect significance:
the same Middle East and CIS markets where Indian rice (post the September 2024 lifting of India's non-basmati ban) and Thai/Vietnamese exporters compete. Russian short-grain varieties (Krasnodar japonica-type) occupy a niche segment; direct competition with long-grain Indian/Thai product is limited.
that Russia's food-security calculus around rice has normalised. Watch whether the 2026 quota is expanded in 2027 if domestic stocks remain comfortable and if MENA buyer relationships re-establish.
Permendag 6/2026 rice export liberalisation (which removed Indonesia's long-standing rice export prohibition effective 1 April 2026). Two major Asian rice-trade-adjacent economies are simultaneously shifting toward managed export rather than outright prohibition in 2026 — a mild disinflationary signal for global rice markets.
(additional supply reaching MENA/CIS markets).
watch Krasnodar export-terminal volumes through H1 2026.
200 kt), expect next Cabinet cycle to raise the cap; if utilisation is low (e.g., market-access barriers, quality preferences), expect quota to be renewed flat or possibly re-converted to a ban.
reporting specifies "husked rice" (HS 1006.20); clarify whether paddy/raw rice (HS 1006.10) is included or remains separately managed.
in open-source coverage; watch Subcommission on Customs-Tariff Regulation decisions for Q1 2026.
only to husked/semi-milled/milled varieties.
in particular has historically been a leakage channel for Russian agricultural TRQs.