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Saudi Arabia |
Grains |
Wheat |
2011.01 |
Stocks |
Food stock policy |
Wheat reserves set to double over three years to ensure adequate domestic supplies. |
Ethiopia |
Grains |
All |
2011.01 |
Consumption and marketing |
Price control |
Maximum consumer prices established for 17 basic commodity items, including bread, rice, imported milk, pasta [...] |
Libya |
Grains |
Wheat |
2011.01 |
Trade |
Food tax and import tariff |
Taxes and custom duties removed on locally produced and imported food products, including wheat by-products, [...] |
Morocco |
Grains |
Wheat |
2011.01 |
Trade |
Import subsidy |
System introduced to compensate milling soft wheat importers from January to April 2011, if prices [...] |
Liberia |
Oilseeds, oils and meals |
Oil palm |
2011.01 |
Production |
Sector development assistance |
Granted concessions to foreign investors for the large scale development of oil palm plantations |
Malaysia |
Oilseeds, oils and meals |
Oil palm |
2011.01 |
Production |
Sector development assistance |
Announced new oil palm replanting scheme to check slow output growth and stagnating yield levels. [...] |
Pakistan |
Oilseeds, oils and meals |
Sunflowerseed |
2011.01 |
Production |
Farm support prices |
Negotiated farm gate price rise to stimulate domestic production |
Philippines |
Oilseeds, oils and meals |
Coconut |
2011.01 |
Production |
Sector development assistance |
Presented six-year programme meant to raise the productivity of the sector |
Sri Lanka |
Oilseeds, oils and meals |
Coconut |
2011.01 |
Production |
Sector development assistance |
Offered chemical fertilizers at subsidized prices to producers to increase production |
Ethiopia |
Oilseeds, oils and meals |
All edible oils |
2011.01 |
Consumption and marketing |
Price control and market intervention |
Set temporary ceilings on retail prices and introduced public sales |
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. |
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