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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Russian Federation
Grains
All
2012.11
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention
Expanded sales from grain intervention stocks to all regions, not just Siberia, the Urals and [...]
Russia
Grains
Wheat
2012.11
Trade
Import duty
Remove of 5 percent import tax – from early April until July 2013. 
India
Grains
All
2012.11
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies
Approved an additional allocation of 500 000 tonnes of rice and an equal amount of [...]
Ukraine
Grains
Wheat
2012.11
Trade
Export ban
Export ban on wheat, announced in October 2012 and to be effective from 15 November [...]
Ukraine
Grains
Wheat
2012.11
Trade
Export quota
Wheat export quotas increased by 300 000 tonnes, to 5.8 million tonnes.
China (Mainland)
Grains
Maize
2012.11
Production
Governement procurement from farmers
Increase of governemt procuremet price for maize in 2013 by 7%, in an effort to [...]
Egypt
Grains
Wheat
2012.11
Trade
Import restrictions
Ukraine removed from list of approved wheat suppliers during 2013, after the announcement of the [...]
European Union
Grains
Barley and Wheat
2012.11
Trade
Import tariff
Suspention of import duties on wheat of low and medium quality and feed barley extended [...]
India
Grains
Wheat
2012.11
Stocks
Releasing stocks
Approval od 500 000 tonnes from government stocks through retail outlets, in order to ease [...]
Russian Federation
Grains
All
2012.10
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention
Determined to sell 1 million tonnes of grains from intervention stocks in the market to [...]

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.