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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
European Union
Meat
Poultry meat
2020.03
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted a ban on imports of Ukrainian poultry meat, which was imposed after a reported [...]
Oman
Meat
All
2020.03
Trade
Market access
Approved imports of meat, principally poultry meat, from 15 Brazilian plants.
Philippines
Meat
Poultry meat
2020.03
Trade
Import ban
Imposed a ban on poultry meat imports from Germany following an outbreak of HPAI in [...]
Sri Lanka
Meat
All
2020.03
Trade
Import ban
Issued a notice to importers, restricting the import of live animals, animal products, and animal [...]
South Africa
Meat
Poultry meat
2020.03
Trade
Import tariff
Announced a rise in import tariffs on poultry meat from countries not covered by existing [...]
United States of America
Meat
All
2020.03
Trade
Trade agreement
Announced a regionalization agreement with China, which implies that the Asian country will only block [...]
United States of America
Meat
Bovine meat
2020.03
Trade
Market access
Announced an agreement on equivalence of standards on the UK’s disease control measures, following an [...]
European Union
Milk and dairy products
Dairy products
2020.03
Trade
State market intervention
Opened its public intervention scheme for butter and non-fat dried milk (NFDM) from March 1 [...]
Egypt
Grains
Wheat
2020.03
Consumption and marketing
Procurement price
Set procurement price at EGY 700 per ardeb (USD 297 per tonne), aiming to secure [...]
Pakistan
Grains
Wheat
2020.03
Consumption and marketing
Government procurement
Implemented restrictions on intra-district movement of wheat crop and a ban on private sector crop [...]

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.