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Saudi Arabia |
Grains |
Wheat |
2011.01 |
Stocks |
Food stock policy |
Wheat reserves set to double over three years to ensure adequate domestic supplies. |
Ethiopia |
Grains |
All |
2011.01 |
Consumption and marketing |
Price control |
Maximum consumer prices established for 17 basic commodity items, including bread, rice, imported milk, pasta [...] |
Libya |
Grains |
Wheat |
2011.01 |
Trade |
Food tax and import tariff |
Taxes and custom duties removed on locally produced and imported food products, including wheat by-products, [...] |
Morocco |
Grains |
Wheat |
2011.01 |
Trade |
Import subsidy |
System introduced to compensate milling soft wheat importers from January to April 2011, if prices [...] |
Russian Federation |
Grains |
All |
2010.12 |
Stocks |
Stock release |
Grains totaling 1.3 million tonnes released from intervention stocks and will be sold at low [...] |
Turkey |
Grains |
Wheat |
2010.12 |
Trade |
Import quota |
Import wheat quota of 1 million tonnes at a zero tariff rate allowed to the [...] |
Ukraine |
Grains |
All |
2010.12 |
Trade |
Tax |
VAT 20 percent refund for grain exporters eliminated from 1 July 2011. |
China (Mainland) |
Grains |
All |
2010.12 |
Stocks |
Stock release and food subsidies |
Grain reserve released 25 million tonnes of grain and soybeans to stabilize domestic prices |
Mexico |
Grains |
Maize |
2010.12 |
Stocks |
Set up strategic reserve |
Purchase of maize authorized in futures market to alleviate the impact of maize price increases [...] |
Pakistan |
Grains |
Wheat |
2010.12 |
Trade |
Export quota |
Private sector granted export licenses for 1 million tonnes of wheat, after export plans were [...] |
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. |
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