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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Belarus
Meat
All
2017.07
Trade
Trade agreement
Signed a protocol for delivering frozen beef and poultry meat to China and a memorandum [...]
China (Mainland)
Meat
Bovine meat
2017.07
Trade
Import ban lifted
Announced the lifting of a 13-year import ban on some US bovine meat products. The [...]
Colombia
Meat
Bovine meat
2017.07
Trade
Export limitation
Suspended exports of bovine meat to the Russian Federation, Chile and Peru after discovering an [...]
China, Hong Kong SAR
Meat
All
2017.07
Consumption and marketing
Food safety standards
Launched a Strategy and Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (2017–2022) to combat the threat of [...]
Japan
Meat
Bovine meat
2017.07
Trade
Tariff
Raised tariffs on frozen beef from 38.5 percent to 50 percent – from 1 August until the [...]
Oman
Meat
Poultry meat
2017.07
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted a ban on imports of poultry and poultry products from the Netherlands, Denmark, Ukraine, [...]
Philippines
Meat
All
2017.07
Trade
Import ban
Temporary banned all meat imports from Brazil after nearly 500 kg of a recent shipment [...]
South Africa
Meat
Poultry meat
2017.07
Trade
Export limitation
Suspended exports of live birds, poultry meat, table eggs and other unprocessed poultry product, due [...]
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2017.06
Trade
Import tariff
Decided that imported broken rice would accrue a Special Commodity Levy (SCL) of LKR 5 [...]
India
Grains
Wheat
2017.06
Trade
Import requirements
Extended the exemption of fumigation quarantine rules until end-December, allowing imported wheat cargoes to be [...]

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.