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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Bilateral/Multilateral
Rice
All
2020.04
Trade
Import tariff
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, suspended import duties [...]
Bangladesh
Rice
All
2020.04
Production
Government procurement, purchasing prices
Announced that it would purchase 600 000 tonnes of paddy, 1.0 million tonnes of parboiled [...]
Myanmar
Rice
All
2020.04
Trade
Export restrictions, export licences
Issued a rice export plan specifying that traders who sought rice export permits between 16 [...]
Saudi Arabia
Grains
Wheat
2020.04
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention
The state grain buyer, SAGO, asked Saudi investors in foreign agricultural land to import 350 [...]
Nigeria
Rice
All
2020.04
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies
Approved the release of 150 trucks of rice, seized by the Nigeria Customs Service, for [...]
Bangladesh
Rice
All
2020.04
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies
Launched a special Open Market Sales (OMS) scheme to ensure that vulnerable urban dwellers have [...]
Nigeria
Grains
All
2020.04
Stocks
Stocks release
Announced the release of 70 000 tonnes of grains from the national strategic reserves on [...]
Uzbekistan
Grains
Wheat
2020.04
Trade
Import tariff
Adopted Decree 5978, which eliminates import tariffs on a number of commodities, including wheat flour, [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2020.04
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 48425 tonnes of paddy from state reserves on 3 April 2020, after offering [...]
Myanmar
Rice
All
2020.04
Production
Production support
Announced that the Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank would lower interest rates on the loans it [...]

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.