The 21st century has seen a marked expansion in efforts to regulate the supply and export flows of materials through the use of export restrictions around the globe. While most existing research focuses on the economics of export restrictions, no one looks at the impact of export restrictions on commodity producers’ supply chain decisions such as production quantity, capacity investment over time, and product’s availability under price fluctuations, etc… This research aims to shed light on the impact of different types of trade barriers on supply chains by examining (a) domestic consumer surplus (b) producer surplus, (c) producers’ investment decisions and (d) regulators’ policy choices.