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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Rice
All
2017.11
Consumption and marketing
Price controls
Set ceilings on consumer prices for Type I rice at VEF 15 561 per kg, [...]
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Rice
All
2017.11
Production
Support prices, price controls
Set producer prices for wet paddy at VEF 4 000 per kg. The move follows [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
All
2017.11
Consumption and marketing
Government support
Issued Regulation No. 1987 titled "Food Security Control and Emergency Facilities within the Central Budget [...]
Azerbaijan
Rice
All
2017.11
Trade
Import tariff
Lowered customs duties on imported paddy for sowing, effective 1 January 2018. According to the [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2017.11
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 40 123 tonnes of paddy from state reserves through an auction held on 17 [...]
Sri Lanka
Grains
Maize
2017.11
Trade
Import quota
Allowed feed millers to import maize under a special limited quota to meet the shortfall [...]
Argentina
Grains
All
2017.11
Consumption and marketing
Transport measures 
Announced a 30 percent cut in costs of docking services in the port of Rosario. [...]
Egypt
Rice
All
2017.11
Production
Government procurement
Reached an agreement with the industry, whereby traders and processors would supply the Government with [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2017.11
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 5 054 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, after offering 462 588 tonnes of [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
All
2017.11
Consumption and marketing
Value added tax
Announced to remove the 11 percent VAT on distillers grains imports effective from 20 December [...]

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.