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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Zambia
Milk and dairy products
Dairy products
2018.03
Trade
Import ban
Widened its ban on imports of meat to include dairy products from South Africa, in [...]
China (Mainland)
Meat
Poultry meat
2018.03
Trade
Import ban
Halted poultry meat imports from Texas (the United States), France and Mexico due to outbreaks [...]
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2018.02
Production
Government procurement
Decided that the Paddy Marketing Board would purchase Samba and Keeri Samba paddy at LKR [...]
Uruguay
Rice
All
2018.02
Production
Production support, tax policy
Approved a one-year refund on value-added taxes on fuel for producers of rice, milk, flowers, [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2018.02
Stocks
Stock release
Offered 500 362 tonnes of paddy from state reserves through an auction held on 27 [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
Wheat
2018.02
Trade
 Import ban
Lifted a ban that was imposed in 2016 on wheat imports from six regions of [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2018.02
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 10 550 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, out of a total of 183 [...]
Panama
Rice
All
2018.02
Production
Sector policy framework, production support, consumption and marketing
Approved a law declaring rice a national food security crop, calling on the executive branch [...]
Sudan
Grains
Wheat
2018.02
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention
The Agricultural Bank of Sudan signed an agreement with the Turkey\'s Okan Group for establishing [...]
India
Grains
Wheat
2018.02
Consumption and marketing
Government procurement 
Fixed wheat procurement target at 32 million tonnes for 2018/19 marketing year starting April.

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.