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Myanmar |
Rice |
All |
2011.07 |
Trade |
Export taxes |
Rice export taxes reduced from 8 percent to 5 percent. |
Sri Lanka |
Rice |
All |
2011.07 |
Production |
Government procurement, support prices |
Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) to procure 75 00 tonnes of Yala paddy at Rupees 30/kg [...] |
Viet Nam |
Rice |
All |
2011.07 |
Production |
Government procurement |
Purchase of 1 million tonnes of summer-autumn paddy from local markets suspended indefinitely. |
Viet Nam |
Rice |
All |
2011.07 |
Trade |
Minimum export prices |
Issued guidelines to calculate minimum export prices. Effective August 2011, floor prices will be based [...] |
India |
Rice |
All |
2011.06 |
Consumption and marketing |
Food subsidies |
Additional allocation of 5.0 million tonnes of subsidized rice and wheat approved for distribution under [...] |
Sierra Leone |
Rice |
All |
2011.06 |
Trade |
Import agreement |
Signed a memorandum of understanding with Viet Nam to enhance cooperation in rice trade. The [...] |
Bangladesh |
Rice |
All |
2011.06 |
Trade |
Export ban |
Rice export ban renewed until 30 June 2012. |
Bangladesh |
Rice |
All |
2011.06 |
Production |
Government procurement, support prices |
Boro rice procurement target set at 600 000 tonnes for the June-- September 2011 period [...] |
Guinea |
Rice |
All |
2011.06 |
Consumption and marketing |
Food subsidies |
Second distribution run of imported rice to local markets at subsidized prices approved. |
India |
Rice |
All |
2011.06 |
Production |
Support prices |
Minimum support prices raised by 8 percent to Rupee 10 800 per tonne of common [...] |
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. |
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