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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Indonesia
Rice
All
2015.03
Production
Government procurement, purchasing prices
Raised government purchasing prices by 12 percent to Rupiah 3 700 -3 750 per kilo [...]
Colombia
Rice
All
2015.03
Trade
Import quota
Approved imports of 80 000 tonnes of milled rice, or an equivalent paddy amount, from [...]
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Rice
All
2015.03
Production
Government procurement, purchasing prices
Announced that the state enterprise EMAPA would procure supplies from the 2015 harvest at USD [...]
Ecuador
Rice
All
2015.03
Trade
Import levies, safeguard measures
Revoked a January 2015 measure imposing a temporary duty of 7 percent for goods originated [...]
Ecuador
Rice
All
2015.03
Trade
Import levies, safeguard measures
Imposed import surcharges on a wide range of products for a period of fifteen months, [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2015.03
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 776 000 tonnes of rice from Government stocks, out of a total of 1.0 [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2015.03
Production
Government procurement
Announced that it would allocate Yuan 154.6 billion (USD 25.2 billion), 33 percent more than [...]
Bangladesh
Rice
All
2015.03
Production
Government procurement, purchasing prices
Announced that it would purchase 1.0 million tonnes of rice and 100 000 tonnes of [...]
Cambodia
Rice
All
2015.03
Trade
Export promotion
Announced that the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port would forgo charges for rice stored in its [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2015.03
Trade
Minimum export prices
Lowered minimum export prices for 25% broken rice by USD 10 to USD 350 per [...]

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.