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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Rwanda
Meat
Poultry meat
2017.06
Trade
Import ban
Banned importation of poultry products, including chicken, eggs and chicken meat, from South Africa and [...]
Tanzania
Meat
Pig meat
2017.06
Trade
Import ban
Banned importation of live pigs and their products for one year, following an outbreak of [...]
United States of America
Meat
Bovine meat
2017.06
Trade
Import ban
Halted imports of fresh beef from Brazil over recurring safety concerns.
Bangladesh
Rice
All
2017.06
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies, tax policy
Set aside BDT 45.5 billion (USD 556 million) to provide food subsidies during the 2017/2018 [...]
Bangladesh
Rice
All
2017.06
Production
Budgetary allocations, production support, Government procurement
Announced that allotments for agricultural subsidies would be kept steady at BDT 90 billion (USD [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2017.05
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 84 023 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, out of a total of 3.04 [...]
Philippines
Rice
All
2017.05
Trade
Import quota
Announced that volumes imported as part of its 2016 Minimum Access Volume (MAV) commitments would [...]
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2017.05
Trade
Import tariff
Decided that the Special Commodity Levy (SCL) of LKR 5 per kilo (USD 32 per [...]
Bangladesh
Rice
All
2017.05
Trade
Import tender
Issued a third international tender, seeking 50 000 tonnes of non-Basmati parboiled rice, for delivery [...]
Pakistan
Rice
All
2017.05
Production
Budgetary allocations, production support
As part of its budgetary allocations, announced that it would maintain subsidies on fertilizer prices [...]

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.