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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Bilateral/Multilateral
Milk and dairy products
Dairy products
2018.12
Trade
Trade agreement
Entered into force on 30 December 2018, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership [...]
Tunisia
Milk and dairy products
Cheese
2018.12
Trade
Market access
Repealed its earlier ban on import financing for select imported consumer goods that it deemed [...]
Ukraine
Milk and dairy products
Dairy products
2018.12
Trade
Import ban extended
Extended restrictions on imports of products from the Russian Federation until 31 December 2019, including [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2018.11
Stocks
Stock release
Put 500 460 tonnes of paddy from state reserves for auction on 29 November 2018. [...]
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Rice
All
2018.11
Consumption and marketing
Price controls
Set the consumer price for Type I rice at VES 212.0 per kg, effective from [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2018.11
Stocks
Stock release
Offered 370 374 tonnes of paddy from state reserves through an auction held on 27 [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
Barley and Maize
2018.11
Trade
Import policy
Approved imports of barley and maize from Kazakhstan, in a move aimed at diversifying the [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2018.11
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 4 361 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, out of a total of 505 [...]
Colombia
Rice
All
2018.11
Production
Production support, warehouse receipts programme, trade agreement
Announced that, in a bid to support the rice sector, the storage incentive programme for [...]
India
Rice
All
2018.11
Trade
Export subsidy
Extended a 5 percent duty credit scrip on the value of exports of non-basmati husked, [...]

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.