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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Cambodia
Rice
All
2014.03
Trade
Tax policy
Issued orders setting value added taxes on entities supplying rice for export to 0%.
Thailand
Rice
All
2014.03
Stocks
Stock release
Held a tender for 80 400 tonnes of fragrant rice and 164 100 tonnes of [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2014.03
Stocks
Stock release
Opened bids for 100 000 tonnes of rice from government stocks on 18 March 2014, [...]
Pakistan
Grains
Wheat
2014.03
Consumption and marketing
Government procurement
Decided to reduce its strategic reserves and release them in the market in an attempt [...]
Philippines
Rice
All
2014.03
Trade
Import quota
Announced that it would conduct an open tender on 15 April to import 800 000 [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2014.03
Stocks
Stock release
Offered 518 000 tonnes of rice (5 percent white and fragrant) from government stocks through [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2014.03
Trade
Minimum export prices
Lowered minimum export prices for 25-100 percent broken rice to USD 355 per tonne, down [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2014.03
Trade
Import agreement
Based on Thai official statements, the state trading enterprise, COFCO, signed an agreement to import [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2014.03
Production
Government procurement
Announced that member companies of the Vietnam Food Association would purchase 1.0 million tonnes of [...]
European Union
Grains
Wheat
2014.03
Trade
Import quota
Awarded licenses to import 45 000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat under an annual duty free quota. [...]

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.