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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
China (Mainland)
Meat
All
2020.10
Trade
Import ban
Requested foreign meat suppliers to suspend cold-chain food product exports, including meat, when COVID-19 cases [...]
Serbia
Meat
Pig meat
2020.10
Trade
Import ban lifted
Allowed imports of pig meat from parts of Poland that remain free of ASF.
Singapore
Meat
Bovine meat
2020.10
Trade
Import ban lifted
Reopened its market to bovine meat from Germany. Imports of German bovine meat were suspended [...]
Turkey
Meat
Poultry meat
2020.10
Trade
Market access
Received poultry meat market access to China from 15 October 2020, following bilateral negotiations over [...]
Australia
Meat
Pig meat
2020.09
Trade
Trade agreement
Agreed with Singapore on a pre-emptive zoning arrangement that will allow pig meat trade to [...]
Canada
Meat
All
2020.09
Production
Government support
Announced temporary flexibility in enforcing some Canadian labelling and packaging regulations for prepackaged meat products, [...]
China (Mainland)
Meat
Poultry meat
2020.09
Trade
Import policy
Suspended poultry imports from four Russian regions, namely Kurgan, Omsk, Tyumen and Vladimir, following outbreaks [...]
Germany
Meat
Pig meat
2020.09
Trade
Export ban
Was banned from exporting pig meat by ten countries, namely Argentina, Brazil, China (Mainland), Japan, [...]
Philippines
Meat
Poultry meat
2020.09
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted a ban on poultry meat imports from Brazil due to concerns over COVID-19 among [...]
South Africa
Meat
Poultry meat
2020.09
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted a five-month ban on US poultry meat stemming from an outbreak of HPAI in [...]

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.