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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Mexico
Meat
Poultry meat
2017.03
Trade
Import ban
Announced restrictive trade measures applied to United States live poultry and poultry products intended to [...]
Mexico
Meat
Bovine meat
2017.03
Trade
Tariff rate quota
Established specific provisions governing the unilateral TRQs that were published on June 8, 2016. The [...]
United Arab Emirates
Meat
Poultry meat
2017.03
Trade
Import ban
Banned imports of all types of live domestic, wild and ornamental birds, as well as [...]
China (Mainland)
Meat
All
2017.02
Trade
Food safety standards
Issued its 13th Five-Year Plan on Food Safety, which calls for aligning Chinese standards with [...]
European Union
Meat
All
2017.02
Trade
Free Trade Agreement
Signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada that covers nearly all Canada-EU [...]
New Zealand
Meat
All
2017.02
Trade
Market access
Signed the Meat Arrangement – an agreement with the Iranian Veterinary Organisation (IVO) – to [...]
Russia
Meat
Bovine meat
2017.02
Trade
Import ban
Banned imports of New Zealand bovine meat and by-products, in response to detections of listeria [...]
China (Mainland)
Meat
All
2017.01
Trade
Food safety standards
Introduced new technical requirements for importing breeding animals, semen and embryos for pigs and cattle, [...]
Kazakhstan
Meat
Bovine meat
2017.01
Trade
Tariff rate quota
Released the first stage of 2017 tariff quota volumes for bovine meat and poultry importation, [...]
Kazakhstan
Meat
Poultry meat
2017.01
Trade
Import restrictions
Restricted shipments of poultry from administrative regions of the Russian Federation affected by HPAI

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.