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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.01
Stocks
Stock release
Offered 350 211 tonnes of paddy from state reserves through an auction held on 29 [...]
Algeria
Grains
Barley, Maize and Wheat
2019.01
Trade
Import policy
Introduced a temporary additional safeguard duty to replace the import ban established in January 2018. [...]
Cambodia
Rice
All
2019.01
Other
Tax policy
Approved a five-year exemption on prepayments of tax on profit for entities engaged in the [...]
Colombia
Rice
All
2019.01
Production
Production support, production adjustment programme
Approved a rice production organization plan (Plan de ordenamiento productivo para el arroz), with the [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.01
Stocks
Stock release
Offered 499 758 tonnes of paddy from state reserves through an auction held on 24 [...]
Russian Federation
Grains
All
2019.01
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention
Requested the submission of weekly port data on actual and planned grain handling volumes, with [...]
Mexico
Grains
Maize and Wheat
2019.01
Production
Production support
Announced a new support programme, called Producción para el Bienestar, which will replace the previous [...]
Mexico
Rice
All
2019.01
Production
Production support
Issued operational guidelines for the Production for Well-being Programme (Programa producción para el bienestar), which [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.01
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 0 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, out of a total of 369 [...]
Mexico
Rice
All
2019.01
Production
Production support, support prices
Launched the Guarantee Prices for Basic Foodstuffs Programme (Programa precios de garantía a productos alimentarios [...]

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.