Area
Colombia
Commodity Group
Rice
Commodity
All
Date
09/06/2017
Policy Category
Production
Policy Instrument
Warehouse receipts programme, marketing assistance
Description
Announced that it would offer a COP 28 890 (USD 9.5) per tonne assistance to cover monthly storage costs of up to 284 855 tonnes of paddy harvested during the second semester of 2016. The scheme would run from 9 June 2017 to 30 June 2017. In addition, COP 20 000 (USD 6.6) per tonne would be offered to aid rice producers market some 30 000 tonnes.
Notes
Exchange rate as of 1 July 2017.
