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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Japan
Rice
All
2012.03
Production
Cultivation limits
Revised safety threshold of concentration of radioactive caesium down to 100 Becquerels per kilogram, applicable [...]
Mali
Rice
All
2012.03
Consumption and marketing
Import tariffs, taxes, trade, consumer prices
Suspended VAT taxes and import duties on rice from 1 March to 31 May. A [...]
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2012.03
Production
Government procurement, credit, stocks
Established US$222 million (rupees 28.5 billion) worth of credit to facilitate public and private sector [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2012.03
Trade
Minimum export prices
Reduced minimum export prices for 5 percent broken rice to US$425, and to US$400 per [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2012.03
Production
Government procurement, support prices
Announced that member companies of the Vietnam Food Association will purchase 1.0 million tonnes paddy, [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2012.02
Production
Support prices
Raised government paddy procurement prices for the 2012 season by 18 percent to US$378 per [...]
Côte d'Ivoire
Rice
All
2012.02
Production
Production target
Revised rice development strategy for the period 2012-–2020, with the aim of raising output to [...]
India
Rice
All
2012.02
Trade
Minimum export prices
Cut minimum export prices on basmati rice by US$200 to US$700 per tonne.
India
Rice
All
2012.02
Trade
Export restrictions
Granted official permission for non-basmati rice exports to continue.
India
Rice
All
2012.02
Trade
Export restrictions
Permitted rice exports through Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Nepal border on non-EDI Land Custom Stations. State trading [...]

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.