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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Rice
All
2019.05
Production
Support prices, price controls
Set the producer price ceiling for wet paddy harvested between April 2019 and September 2019 [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.05
Stocks
Stock release
Offered 338 890 tonnes of paddy from state reserves through an auction held on 7 [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.04
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 11 243 tonnes of paddy from state reserves on 29 April 2019, through [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.04
Trade
Import agreement
Signed a memorandum of understanding, under which the Chinese state trading enterprise China National Cereals, [...]
Ecuador
Rice
All
2019.04
Production
Production support, support prices, government procurement
Restored fixed producer support prices for paddy, rescinding the price band in place since April [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.04
Stocks
Stock release
Offered 502 599 tonnes of paddy from state reserves through an auction held on 25 [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.04
Stocks
Stock release
Offered 338 890 tonnes of paddy from state reserves through an auction held on 23 [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.04
Trade
Import agreement
According to press reports, officials from Yunnan Province clenched a memorandum of understanding for a [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.04
Stocks
Stock release
Offered 505 544 tonnes of paddy from state reserves through an auction held on 18 [...]
Argentina
Rice
All
2019.04
Consumption and marketing
Consumer prices
Announced that it had reached an agreement with the private sector to keep prices of [...]

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.