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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
India
Rice
All
2011.08
Trade
Minimum export prices
Minimum export prices of Sona Masoori, Ponni Samba and Matta rice varieties, permitted for export [...]
Myanmar
Rice
All
2011.08
Trade
Export taxes
Rice exports and those of six other commodities to be exempted from 5 percent export [...]
Nigeria
Rice
All
2011.08
Production
Production target
Target of putting 650 000 hectares under rice cultivation, as part of Agricultural Transformation Action [...]
Sierra Leone
Rice
All
2011.08
Consumption and marketing
Consumer prices
Imported rice prices set at LE 136 000 per 50 kg (USD 598/tonne) bag of [...]
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Rice
All
2011.08
Production
Support prices
Producer support prices raised by 30 percent to Bolivars 2.02 per kg of Type A [...]
Colombia
Rice
All
2011.07
Production
Support prices, warehouse receipts program
Allocated Pesos 10 billion (USD 5.2 million) to the storage incentive programme, to run from [...]
India
Rice
All
2011.07
Trade
Export ban
Exception to rice export ban approved, permitting private traders to export 1 million tonnes of [...]
India
Rice
All
2011.07
Trade
Export ban
Exports under 1 million tonne rice contingent, excepted from the ban on rice exports in [...]
Japan
Rice
All
2011.07
Other
Futures trade
Resumption of rice futures trading approved, on a two-year trial basis, through the Tokyo Grains [...]
Mali
Rice
All
2011.07
Trade
Import quota
60 000 tonnes of rice to be imported free of taxes, to curb price rises [...]

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.