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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Australia
Meat
All
2020.06
Production
Government support
Extended the Drought Community Support Initiative programme until the end of 2020 (Round 2 of [...]
Brazil
Meat
All
2020.06
Trade
Market access
Announced that South Africa has granted approval for more meat plants for supplying meat, bringing [...]
Canada
Meat
All
2020.06
Production
Government support
Launched the 2020 Canada-Alberta Fed Cattle Feed Cost Offset Initiative. This programme helps to cover [...]
Colombia
Meat
All
2020.06
Production
Government support
Promoted a programme ‘Support for the transportation of perishable agricultural and livestock products for marketing [...]
European Union
Meat
All
2020.06
Production
Government support
Adopted a regulation, as an exceptional measure, which allows Member States to pay up to [...]
United Arab Emirates
Meat
Bovine meat
2020.06
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted a ban on US live cattle that was imposed in 2003 after the detection [...]
Viet Nam
Meat
All
2020.06
Trade
Market access
Authorized imports from five Brazilian meat plants with a view to covering shortfalls in domestic [...]
Viet Nam
Meat
Pig meat
2020.06
Trade
Import tariff
Reduced Most Favoured Nation tariffs from 25 to 22 percent for a list of products, [...]
Argentina
Grains
All
2020.06
Production
Production support
Launched the ‘Programa de Asistencia Critica y Directa para la Agricultura Familiar, Campesina e Indigena’ [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2020.06
Stocks
Stock release
Found buyers for 48 754 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, after offering 1.82 million [...]

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.