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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Ukraine
Grains
Wheat
2020.03
Trade
Export quota
Set a maximum limit of wheat exports for the 2019/20 season at 20.2 million tonnes [...]
Cambodia
Rice
All
2020.03
Trade
Export restrictions
Banned exports of paddy and non-fragrant milled rice with the aim of ensuring supplies for [...]
Cambodia
Rice
All
2020.03
Consumption and marketing
Marketing assistance
Announced that the Ministry of Economy and Finance would monitor market developments and release funds [...]
El Salvador
Grains
Maize
2020.03
Stocks
Food stocks policy, government purchase
Government purchased around 50 000 tonnes of white maize to boost its national strategic reserves. [...]
Morocco
Grains
Wheat
2020.03
Trade
Import duty
Revised the end date of the wheat import duty suspension from 30 April to 15 [...]
Russian Federation
Grains
All
2020.03
Trade
Export quota
Introduced an export quota of 7 million tonnes of wheat, maize, barley and rye from [...]
Philippines
Rice
All
2020.03
Production
Production support, credit, crop insurance, Government procurement
A budget of PHP 31 billion (USD 614 million) approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force [...]
Philippines
Rice
All
2020.03
Trade
Import quota
A contingency import plan approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2020.03
Stocks
Stock release
Found buyers for 37 851 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, after offering 148 454 [...]
Mali
Rice
All
2020.03
Consumption and marketing
Price controls
Set ceilings on prices of four foodstuffs. In the case of non-fragrant broken rice, these [...]

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.