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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Zambia
Grains
Maize
2014.09
Consumption and marketing
Government procurement
Bought 900 000 bags of maize through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) from farmers in [...]
Pakistan
Grains
Wheat
2014.09
Production
Price Support
Maintained support price of wheat Rs3450 (33.5 USD) per 100 kg.
Republic of Korea
Meat
Bovine meat
2014.09
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted a ban on the use of animal feed additive zilpaterol in beef, opening the [...]
United States of America
Milk and dairy products
Dairy products
2014.09
Production
State market regulation
Announced enrollment for the new dairy Market Protection Programme which provides farmer support when profitability [...]
Argentina
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Soybeans
2014.09
Production
Market regulation
Adopted - in a bid to control domestic food price inflation - legislation that authorizes [...]
Vietnam
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Oilmeals
2014.09
Consumption and marketing
Producer support
Did away with the value added tax (VAT) on animal feedstuff, including oilmeals/cakes (of domestic [...]
Honduras
Rice
All
2014.09
Trade
Import quota
Established a shortage import quota of 25 000 tonnes of paddy, to be brought into [...]
Republic of Korea
Rice
All
2014.09
Trade
Import quota
Announced that it would seek to impose a 513% tariff on volumes imported outside of [...]
Panama
Rice
All
2014.08
Production
Production support
Announced that it would extend a Balboas 165 (USD 165) per tonne subsidy to rice [...]
Brazil
Rice
All
2014.08
Production
Minimum support prices
Approved new minimum support prices (MSP) for the 2015/16 season (2014/15 season for Brazil) to [...]

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.