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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2020.08
Stocks
Stock release
Put 1.81 million tonnes of paddy from state reserves for auction on 7 August 2020. [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2020.08
Stocks
Stock release
Found buyers for 340 457 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, after offering 1.79 million [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2020.07
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 427 922 tonnes of paddy from state reserves on 28 July 2020, through an [...]
Myanmar
Rice
All
2020.07
Production
Support prices
Raised the floor price for monsoon and summer paddy harvested during the 2020/21 season to [...]
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2020.07
Consumption and marketing
Feed use ban
Prohibited the sale, storage, transport, distribution and purchase of domestic rice and paddy for the [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2020.07
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 422 544 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, out of a total of 1.81 [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2020.07
Production
Production support, support prices
Decided that the 2020/21 round of the Rice Price Guarantee Programme would be implemented between [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2020.07
Stocks
Stock release
Offered 1.8 million tonnes of paddy from state reserves through an auction held on 17 [...]
Myanmar
Rice
All
2020.07
Stocks
Strategic reserve
Announced that it would temporarily suspend purchases of rice for the state reserve, after having [...]
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2020.07
Production
Government procurement, support prices
Approved the government purchase programme for the 2020 Yala crop. Under the drive, producers would [...]

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.