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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Indonesia
Meat
Bovine meat
2014.08
Trade
Import ban lifted
Revoked a 4-year ban on beef and cattle imports from Japan.
Russian Federation
Meat
All
2014.08
Trade
Import ban
Banned the importation of a wide range of agricultural and food products from Australia, Canada, [...]
China (Mainland)
Meat
Bovine meat
2014.07
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted a ban on imports of beef from Brazil which had been put in place [...]
Egypt
Meat
Bovine meat
2014.07
Trade
State market intervention
Modified its food subsidy programme, allowing eligible citizens to receive monthly cash assistance for a [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Meat
Bovine meat
2014.07
Trade
Tariff rate quota
Japan and Australia reduced tariff agreed for 2015, from the current 38.5% to 30.5% for [...]
Mexico
Meat
Poultry meat
2014.07
Trade
Tariff rate quota
Announced a duty-free import quota of 300 000 tonnes for 2014, covering fresh, chilled or frozen [...]
Switzerland
Meat
Pig meat
2014.07
Trade
Import ban
Banned pig meat and live imports from Bulgaria, Romania and some parts of Latvia and [...]
Hong Kong SAR of China
Meat
Bovine meat
2014.06
Trade
Import access
Fully opened its market to several cuts of beef and offal from the United States. [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Meat
Bovine meat
2014.06
Trade
Free Trade Agreement
China and Canada signed a memorandum-of-understanding on agricultural trade and investment, which will increase market [...]
Kazakhstan
Meat
Poultry meat
2014.06
Trade
Tariff rate quota
Allocated second tranche – 74 250 tonnes – of 2014 import quota of 110 000 tonnes. [...]

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.