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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Thailand
Rice
All
2013.04
Stocks
Stock release
Announced a plan to release 500 000 tonnes of white rice from Government stocks through [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2013.04
Stocks
Stock release
Delayed plans to release 500 000 tonnes of white rice from government stocks through tender, [...]
Turkey
Rice
All
2013.04
Trade
Import quota, import tariffs
Allocated a 100 000 tonne, free of duty, import quota to the Turkish Grain Board [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2013.04
Trade
Minimum export prices
Lowered floor prices for 35 percent broken rice by USD 5 to USD 365 per [...]
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Rice
All
2013.04
Production
Government procurement, purchasing prices
Announced that the state enterprise EMAPA would procure supplies from the 2013 harvest at USD [...]
Ecuador
Rice
All
2013.04
Production
Production support, support prices
Following a meeting of the Rice Consultative Council, announced a 4 percent increase in paddy [...]
Brazil
Milk and dairy products
Dairy products
2013.04
Trade
Tariff rate quota
Established a tariff rate quota (TRQ) on lactose products for 4 476 tonnes, subject to an [...]
Iraq
Milk and dairy products
All
2013.04
Trade
Export ban lifted
Lifted import ban on milk and dairy products from Egypt, which had been in place [...]
India
Sugar
All
2013.04
Consumption and marketing
Taxes and quotas
Removed levy quota mechanism under which sugar mills had to sell 10% of production at [...]
Belarus
Meat
Pig meat
2013.03
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted the ban it had imposed in early January on the import of pork, poultry [...]

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.