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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
India
Rice
All
2015.02
Consumption and marketing
Budgetary allocations, food subsidies
As part of its 2015-16 budgetary allocations, raised allotments to food subsidies by 1.4 percent [...]
Costa Rica
Rice
All
2015.02
Consumption and marketing
Consumer prices
Adjusted ceiling and floors for all qualities of rice consumed in the country and of [...]
Costa Rica
Rice
All
2015.02
Production
Support prices
Set a new reference price of Colones 22 139 per 73.6 kilo bag (USD 550 [...]
Pakistan
Rice
All
2015.02
Trade
Finance and credit facilities
Extended coverage of the Export Refinance Scheme to brown rice exports (in bulk/loose packing) to [...]
India
Rice
All
2015.02
Production
Government procurement
Instructed state governments to eliminate all procurement of rice under statutory levy, as of 1 [...]
Costa Rica
Rice
All
2015.02
Trade
Safeguard measures
Adjusted the rate of the additional import duty to be levied on selected classes of [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2015.02
Stocks
Stock release
Announced plans to dispose of an estimated 17 million tonnes of rice held in government [...]
Philippines
Rice
All
2015.02
Trade
Import quota
Approved imports of 500 000 tonnes of rice, to be contracted on a government-to-government basis. [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2015.02
Production
Government procurement
Approved a procurement drive for 1.0 million tonnes of winter-spring rice from farmers, to be [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2015.02
Trade
Import quota
Renewed import duty exemptions on 70 000 tonnes of rice (paddy and semi/wholly milled) originating [...]

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.