<h1>State trading regime expands controls; nodal agency, traceability and export duty measures to regulate iron ore exports.</h1> Export of iron ore with high iron content is under a State Trading Regime through MMTC, while the Government is examining a nodal agency interim model to broaden accounting and control over exports. The policy emphasizes end-to-end monitoring and mandatory stakeholder registration and reporting to establish traceability from mining to export. Concurrent fiscal and logistical measures-an increased ad-valorem export duty on lumps and fines and differential railway freight on exported ore-aim to ensure domestic availability and tighten export regulation.