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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Sri Lanka
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Palm, soy and sunflower oil
2020.04
Trade
Import policy
Raised the special commodity levies applying to imported palm, soy and sunflower oils.
Sri Lanka
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Oilmeals, selected edible oils
2020.04
Trade
Import policy
Suspended, until mid-July, imports of certain non-essential goods, including oilcrop flours/meals and selected edible oils, [...]
Thailand
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Paraquat, chlorpyrifos, glyphosate
2020.04
Other
Pesticide regulation
Planned to introduce, from 1 June 2020, zero-tolerance for residues of two agrochemicals in food [...]
Thailand
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Palm oil
2020.04
Consumption and marketing
Market regulation
Took steps to reduce the retail price of palm oil to shield consumers from price [...]
Turkey
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Sunflowerseed oil
2020.04
Trade
Import policy
Temporarily lowered the import tariff for sunflower-seed oil and reduced the reference price on which [...]
Uzbekistan
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Vegetable oils
2020.04
Trade
Import policy
Reduced – until end-2020 – import duties on selected consumer goods, including vegetable oils, in [...]
Belarus
Grains
All
2020.03
Trade
Export ban
Issued a decree imposing a three-month export ban on a number of staple foods, including [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Rice
All
2020.03
Trade
Export restrictions
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, prohibited exports of [...]
Kazakhstan
Grains
Wheat
2020.03
Trade
Export ban
Lifted the export ban previously introduced on wheat flour and buckwheat.
Kazakhstan
Grains
Wheat
2020.03
Trade
Export quota
Announced quotas for export shipments in April covering wheat (200 000 tonnes) and wheat flour [...]

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.