Belarus imposes six-month ban on grain exports

Minsk, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Belarus has banned the export of 19 types of cereals for six months from September 24, according to a relevant order published on the Belarusian state legal portal.

The order says: "It is temporarily prohibited to export from Belarus to Eurasian Economic Union member states the commodities listed in the Annex of any country of origin, or from the Eurasian Economic Union customs territory of Belarus to non-Eurasian Economic Union member states through customs export procedures, temporary export, extra-customs processing and re-export."

The commodities listed in the Annex include wheat, rye, barley, corn, millet, buckwheat, oats and 19 other cereals.