EST: Commodity policy developments

« Previous 1 ... 53 54 55 56 57 ... 67 Next »

Area	Commodity Group	Commodity	Date	Policy Category	Policy Instrument	Description
United States of America	Meat	Bovine meat	2012.08	Trade	Import ban lifted	Resumed beef imports from Japan, suspended since April 2010 after foot-and-mouth disease was found in [...]
Australia	Meat	Live animals	2012.07	Production	State market intervention	Increased the pig slaughter levy for "marketing" from AUD 1.35 to AUD 2.25. This increase [...]
Brazil	Meat	Live animals	2012.07	Production	State market intervention	Under the pork buyback programme, 76 000 metric tonnes of excess live swine were bought back [...]
European Union	Meat	Poultry meat	2012.07	Trade	Import ban lifted	Lifted 8-year ban on the imports of fresh chicken meat from Thailand as of 1 [...]
European Union	Meat	Live animals	2012.07	Other	Animal welfare regulations	Adopted a resolution in support of the new EU Animal Welfare Strategy 20122015, encouraging the [...]
Kyrgyzstan	Meat	Poultry meat	2012.07	Trade	Import ban	Banned the import of poultry and poultry products from Ireland following the outbreak of H5N2 [...]
New Zealand	Meat	Live animals	2012.07	Other	Animal welfare regulations	Introduced new standards covering the welfare of chickens raised for their meat. The new code [...]
Russia	Meat	Poultry meat	2012.07	Production	Subsidies reduced	Reduced poultry industry support until 2020 cutting the financing program by more than half [...]
Russia	Meat	Live animals	2012.07	Trade	Import duties	Cut the import duty for shipments inside the annual quota of 430 000 tonnes (kept equal [...]
Russia	Meat	Pig meat	2012.07	Trade	Import duties	Cut the import duty for shipments inside the annual quota of 430 000 tonnes (kept equal [...]

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.