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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Chile
Meat
Bovine meat
2013.06
Trade
Import ban lifted
Granted full market access granted for beef imports from Canada.
China (Mainland)
Meat
Bovine meat
2013.06
Trade
Import ban lifted
Removed foot-and-mouth disease-linked prohibition on imports of beef from Colombia.
Indonesia
Meat
Bovine meat
2013.06
Trade
Import ban lifted
Reopened market for US meat and bone meal (MBM), bone-in beef, bone-derived gelatin and beef [...]
New Zealand
Meat
Pig meat
2013.06
Trade
Import ban
Banned the import of raw pig meat, pending a ruling by the Supreme Court, due [...]
Qatar
Meat
Poultry meat
2013.06
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted a ban on imports of poultry meat from Thailand, originally imposed following 2003 outbreak [...]
China (Mainland)
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Rapeseed
2013.06
Stocks
State reserves
Resumed procurement of rapeseed to reconstitute state reserves for future market interventions and to support [...]
India
Rice
All
2013.06
Consumption and marketing
Government procurement
Approved the release of 10.0 million tonnes of wheat and 500 000 tonnes of rice [...]
Argentina
Grains
Maize
2013.06
Trade
Export Quota
Authorised export of 16 million tonnes of maize from the 2013/14 crop.
India
Milk and dairy products
Milk
2013.06
Trade
Import ban
Extended ban on import of products from China – a ban that has been in [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2013.06
Trade
Minimum export prices
Lowered the minimum export price for 35 percent broken rice by USD 5 to USD [...]

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.