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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Uzbekistan
Grains
Wheat
2018.05
Consumption and marketing
Transport measures 
Granted 20 to 40 percent discounts for shipments of Kazakh grain and flour across Uzbekistan, [...]
Brazil
Grains
Maize
2018.04
Stocks
Stock release
Announced the sale of 1 million tonnes of maize from its state reserves through auctions. [...]
Afghanistan
Grains
Wheat
2018.04
Trade
Import tariff
Cut the import duty on Kazakh wheat and flour to 5 percent, effective from April. [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
Sorghum
2018.04
Trade
Import duty 
Started imposing an anti-dumping duty of 178.6 percent on imports of US sorghum.
Japan
Grains
Maize
2018.04
Trade
Import policy
Announced that it will allow imports of Ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) made from US maize [...]
Canada
Grains
Wheat
2018.04
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention 
Under the plan of the Canadian Grain Commission to modernize Canada\'s wheat classes, other 25 [...]
United States of America
Grains
Wheat
2018.04
Other
Futures markets
The CME Group raised daily price limits for CME wheat and KCBT HRW wheat by [...]
Egypt
Grains
Wheat
2018.04
Consumption and marketing
Price procurement
Set local wheat buying price at EGP 570-600 per ardeb (USD 215-226 per tonne), tying [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
Wheat
2018.04
Consumption and marketing
 Government procurement
Lowered the floor prices for wheat harvested from 2014 to 2016 to CNY 2 350 [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
Maize
2018.04
Stocks
Stock release
Announced plans to sell more maize stocks from state reserves from 12 April. The floor [...]

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.