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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
India
Rice
All
2013.07
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies
Approved an additional allocation of 5.0 million tonnes of subsidized wheat and rice for distribution [...]
Colombia
Rice
All
2013.07
Production
Production support
Introduced a subsidy programme for rice marketed between 16 July and 15 November 2013. Subsidy [...]
India
Rice
All
2013.07
Trade
Import tariff
Removed import duties on rice bran and rice bran oil cake, effective 1 October 2013. [...]
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Rice
All
2013.07
Trade
Import agreement
Reached a government-to-government agreement with Thailand for the provision of 250 000 tonnes of [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Rice
All
2013.07
Trade
Trade agreement
Barter agreement reached between Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran that will see wheat [...]
Philippines
Rice
All
2013.07
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies
Gave approval to the National Food Authority to sell well-milled rice, in addition to regular [...]
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2013.07
Stocks
Stock release
Announced that the Paddy Marketing Board would release 50 000 tonnes of paddy for processing [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2013.07
Production
Government procurement
Revoked the 20 percent price cut on paddy pledging prices, which had been approved twelve [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2013.07
Stocks
Stock release
Announced that it would accelerate public stock releases. Starting in July, between 500 000 tonnes [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2013.07
Stocks
Stock release
Announced that it would open bids to auction 350 000 tonnes of rice from Government [...]

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.