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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Ukraine
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Sunflowerseed and sunflower oil
2011.02
Trade
Market regulation
Private sector agreed to temporary, voluntary export restrictions to secure domestic supplies
Libya
Oilseeds, oils and meals
All edible oils
2011.02
Trade
Sales tax
Suspended sales taxes and custom duties to check impact of rising prices on consumers
Bangladesh
Grains
All
2011.02
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies
Supplementary Fair Price Card programme launched to provide eligible households with up to 20 kg [...]
Bangladesh
Grains
All
2011.02
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies
Targeted distributions of foodgrains to fourth class government workers launched.
China (Mainland)
Grains
All
2011.02
Production
Production support
Package of Yuan 12.9 billion (USD 2.0 billion) allocated for drought mitigation measures.
Taiwan province of China
Rice
All
2011.02
Stocks
Stock release
65 000 tonnes of rice from public reserves to be released to the feed industry, [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2011.02
Production
Support prices
Government paddy procurement prices raised by 10-–22 percent to Yuan 102-128 per 50 kg bag [...]
Colombia
Rice
All
2011.02
Production
Production support
Allocated funds to construct drying and storage facilities, open credit lines for work on irrigation [...]
Cuba
Rice
All
2011.02
Consumption and marketing
Consumer prices
Imported rice permitted to be sold in the parallel food markets at Pesos 5.0 per [...]
Guinea
Rice
All
2011.02
Consumption and marketing
Consumer prices
Fixed retail price set at Guinea franc 160 000 per 50 kg bag (USD 448/tonne) [...]

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.