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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
United States of America
Meat
Bovine meat
2017.01
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted the ban on imports of bovine meat from France. The ban had been imposed [...]
Argentina
Meat
All
2016.12
Trade
State Market intervention
Modified export rebates for a wide range of high value and value-added agricultural products, including [...]
Belarus
Meat
Poultry meat
2016.12
Trade
Import restrictions
Restricted shipments of poultry from administrative regions of the Russian Federation affected by HPAI.
Russia
Meat
Poultry meat
2016.12
Trade
Import ban
Imposed bans or restrictions on poultry imports from several countries including Germany, France, the Netherlands, [...]
South Africa
Meat
Poultry meat
2016.12
Trade
State Market Intervention
Imposed a provisional "safeguard duty" of 13.9 percent on frozen bone-in-chicken from the EU. This follows [...]
Egypt
Meat
Poultry meat
2016.11
Trade
Tariff rate quota
Suspended the 30 percent tariff on imported frozen poultry for the period from November 10, [...]
Mexico
Meat
Poultry meat
2016.11
Trade
State Market Intervention
Announced that compensatory import duties on poultry products will end by the close of 2017. [...]
Azerbaijan
Meat
All
2016.09
Trade
Import policy
Announced a revision of customs duties on a number of agricultural products, including meat and [...]
China (Mainland)
Meat
Pig meat
2016.09
Trade
Market Access
Authorized pigmeat import from a further five plants in Spain, bringing the total to 26. [...]
Guatemala
Meat
Pig meat
2016.08
Trade
Animal health regulation
Declared itself free of classical swine fever after five years of prevention work, thus allowing [...]

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.