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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Malaysia
Meat
Pig meat
2018.10
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted ban on frozen pork from Belgium, imposed after the detection of an ASF outbreak. [...]
Oman
Meat
Poultry meat
2018.10
Trade
Import ban
Banned imports of poultry and poultry products from Cambodia, Malaysia and Viet Nam following HPAI [...]
China (Mainland)
Meat
Pig meat
2018.10
Trade
Import ban
Banned imports of pigs and pork products from Belgium, Bulgaria, Japan and Moldova to prevent [...]
Argentina
Meat
Bovine meat
2018.09
Trade
Export tax
Imposed an export tax on meat products (four pesos per USD for raw/primary products and [...]
India
Meat
Pig meat
2018.09
Trade
Market access
Approved imports of Brazilian pig meat.
Republic of Korea
Meat
All
2018.09
Trade
Trade agreement
Signed the revised Korea-US Free Trade Agreement, allowing duty free access for pig meat products [...]
Saudi Arabia
Meat
All
2018.09
Trade
Food standard
Launched an advanced halal identification system, aimed at guaranteeing that all meat products exported to [...]
Morocco
Meat
Poultry meat
2018.08
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted a ban on imports of poultry meat from the United States under an agreement [...]
Russia
Meat
Poultry meat
2018.08
Trade
Market access
Removed special conditions previously required for the transit of US poultry products through the Russian [...]
Russian Federation
Meat
All
2018.08
Trade
Tariff rate quota
Announced tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) and respective volumes for imports of meat, poultry and whey into [...]

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.