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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Brazil
Grains
Wheat
2020.11
Trade
Import quota
Renewed a 750 000 tonne non-Southern Common Market (Mercosur) tariff-free wheat import quota until 17 [...]
Saudi Arabia
Grains
Barley
2020.11
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention
Launched a unified platform which will provide authorisation for private sector business in order to [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
Sorghum
2020.11
Trade
Import policy
Approved food-grade sorghum imports from Mexico, after agreeing on phytosanitary protocols.
Uzbekistan
Grains
Wheat
2020.11
Consumption and marketing
Food security
Announced that the sale of high-grade flour without micronutrients will be banned from 1 April [...]
Pakistan
Grains
Wheat
2020.11
Consumption and marketing
Government procurement
Increased the 2021/22 minimum wheat support price by 18 percent from last year to PKR [...]
Brazil
Grains
Wheat
2020.11
Trade
Import policy
Announced that, effective from 3 November 2020, wheat shipments from Lithuania must be declared free [...]
Brazil
Grains
Maize
2020.11
Trade
GMO policy
Issued Normative Instruction No. 60/2020 to facilitate imports of genetically modified (GM) maize and soybean [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
Barley
2020.11
Trade
Trade policy
Halted shipments of Australian barley from export company Emerald Grain.
China (Mainland)
Grains
Sorghum
2020.11
Stocks
Stocks policy
Issued a draft law for comment on the management and supervision of grain reserves, extending [...]
Pakistan
Grains
Wheat
2020.10
Trade
Import quota
Approved the importation of 320 000 tonnes of wheat from the Russian Federation.

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.