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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
India
Grains
Maize
2016.06
Consumption and marketing
Government procurement
Announced Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for 2016/17 crops. The MSP for maize was raised by [...]
Zambia
Grains
Maize
2016.06
Trade
Export policy
Announced that maize exports of the new 2016 crop will only be authorized from the [...]
Hong Kong SAR of China
Meat
Poultry meat
2016.06
Trade
Trade suspended
Suspended live poultry trade after avian flu (H7N9) was detected in a public market.
Mexico
Meat
Bovine meat
2016.06
Trade
Import ban lifted
Reopened its market to bovine meat from Canada, closed since May 2003 after a case [...]
European Union
Milk and dairy products
Dairy products
2016.06
Trade
State Market intervention
Prolonged the intervention period for purchasing skimmed milk powder (SMP) and increased the ceiling to [...]
India
Milk and dairy products
Dairy products
2016.06
Trade
Import ban extended
Extended the ban on import of milk and milk products from China for a further [...]
India
Rice
All
2016.06
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies
Approved an additional monthly allocation of 42 000 tonnes of foodgrains for Below Poverty Line [...]
India
Rice
All
2016.06
Production
Support prices, Government procurement
Raised minimum producer prices by 4.3 percent to INR 14 700 (USD 217) per tonne [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2016.05
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 5 014 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, out of a total of 514 [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
Wheat
2016.05
Other
Food security
Established a council of experts on national food security to seek expert advice on ways [...]

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.