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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2012.01
Stocks
Stock release
Release of 100 000 tonnes of paddy by Paddy Marketing Board, ahead of start to [...]
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2012.01
Trade
Export target
Set rice export target of 200 000 tonnes for 2015. Export zones in Ampara, Polonnaruwa, [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2012.01
Trade
Minimum export prices
Reduced minimum export prices for 5 percent and 25 percent broken rice to US$485 and [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2012.01
Trade
Minimum export prices
Reduced minimum export prices for 5 percent broken rice to US$450 per tonne, and to [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2012.01
Trade
Import quota
Exempted 300 000 tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia from import duties annually, valid from [...]
Mexico
Meat
All
2011.12
Trade
Import requirements
New certification required on shipments of certain meat and poultry products from the United States. [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Meat
Bovine meat
2011.12
Trade
Import quota
Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan: established 2012 tariff rate quotas on total meat and poultry under the Customs [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Meat
Pig meat
2011.12
Trade
Import quota
Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan: established 2012 tariff rate quotas on total meat and poultry under the Customs [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Meat
Poultry meat
2011.12
Trade
Import quota
Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan: established 2012 tariff rate quotas on total meat and poultry under the Customs [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Meat
All
2011.12
Other
Food safety measures
Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan: Convened Customs Union (CU) Commission on December 9, 2011, which decided adoption of the [...]

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.