Area
Colombia
Commodity Group
Rice
Commodity
All
Date
04/04/2017
Policy Category
Production
Policy Instrument
Warehouse receipts programme
Description
Decided to extend a COP 28 890 (USD 9.5) per tonne storage-cost assistance for 2016 second-semester crops, in a bid to assist the sector cope with the high stockpiles resulting from the 2016 bumper harvest. The scheme would run from 4 April 2017 to 30 April 2017 and will cover up to 400 000 tonnes of paddy.
Notes
Exchange rate as of 1 July 2017.
