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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Pakistan
Milk and dairy products
Dairy products
2016.03
Trade
Import ban
Lifted a long-standing ban on the importation of dairy cows from the US.
Republic of Korea
Meat
Pig meat
2016.03
Trade
Market access
Opened its market to pigmeat imports from Brazil.
Peru
Meat
Bovine meat
2016.03
Trade
Import ban
Lifted the ban on US beef and beef products, that was imposed in 2013 following [...]
South Africa
Meat
Pig meat
2016.03
Trade
Market access
Opened market to pigmeat imports from Brazil.
Malawi
Grains
Maize
2016.02
Trade
Import quota
Approved 50 000 tonnes of maize imports from Tanzania following a severe drought which reduced [...]
India
Rice
All
2016.02
Production
Budgetary allocations, production support
As part of its 2016 budgetary allocations, set a target to double rural incomes by [...]
Bangladesh
Rice
All
2016.02
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies
Lowered the Open Market Sales price of rice by 25 percent to BDT 15 (USD [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2016.02
Stocks
Stock release
Issued statements indicating that it would consider allowing foreign bidders to participate in future auctions [...]
Egypt
Grains
Wheat
2016.02
Trade
Import policy
Issued a joint statement from the Ministries of Supply and Agriculture that, contrary to announcements [...]
Colombia
Rice
All
2016.02
Trade
Import requirements, phytosanitary measures
Set forth the sanitary and phytosanitary requirements to import rice from Uruguay.

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.