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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Saudi Arabia
Meat
Poultry meat
2019.10
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted a ban on imports of hatching eggs and day-old-chicks from several countries, including Denmark, [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.10
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 107 178 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, out of a total of 304 [...]
Philippines
Rice
All
2019.10
Production
Production support
Announced that it would provide rice producers cultivating up to 1 ha with a one-time [...]
Philippines
Rice
All
2019.10
Trade
Safeguard measures
Indicated, through statements to the press, that it had deferred a decision on whether a [...]
Vietnam
Grains
Wheat
2019.10
Trade
Export policy
Asked the Russian Federation to temporarily suspend issuing wheat export certificates, after finding imports containing [...]
Egypt
Grains
Wheat
2019.10
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention
Issued decree N°. 166 for 2019, which states that specifications of subsidized flour extraction 82 [...]
Myanmar
Rice
All
2019.10
Production
Support prices
Decided that the floor price for monsoon and summer paddy would remain set at MMK [...]
Angola
Grains
Maize
2019.10
Production
Production support
Distributed 330 tonnes of fertilizer to 6 600 farmers in the municipality of Caála, in [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
Maize and Wheat
2019.10
Production
Production support
Expanded the insurance coverage on maize and wheat plantings to over 70 percent by 2022 [...]
Iraq
Grains
Wheat
2019.10
Production
Production support
Approved allocation of 2.25 million ha of agricultural land for wheat planting in the 2019–20 [...]

Disclaimer: The policy records included in the tool are based on publicly available information from both official and private sources. While efforts have been made to verify its content, FAO does not guarantee the full accuracy or comprehensiveness of the information and recommends to consult / refer to other FAO publications reporting policy developments, especially the Oilcrops Monthly Price and Policy Update, the Monthly News Report on Grains and the FAO Rice Market Monitor. The frequency of updates may differ across commodities.