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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Russia
Meat
Pig meat
2013.04
Trade
Import ban
Banned virtually all beef and pork from Canada, after Canadian farmers were granted permission to [...]
Russia
Meat
Bovine meat
2013.04
Trade
Import ban
Banned almost all imports of Mexican beef because of concerns that Mexican producers had not [...]
Vietnam
Meat
Poultry meat
2013.04
Trade
Import ban
Suspended poultry imports from China after detection of the new avian influenza strain H7N9.
Belarus
Meat
Poultry meat
2013.04
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted the ban on the import of poultry meat from Czech Republic.
Canada
Meat
Bovine meat
2013.04
Consumption and marketing
State market intervention
Extended the national beef levy until 30 June 2015. The non-refundable national levy (expected to [...]
Chile
Meat
Bovine meat
2013.04
Trade
Export ban
Suspended beef exports to the EU while it investigates supply chain weaknesses identified by a [...]
Dominican Republic
Rice
All
2013.04
Production
Support prices
Paddy support prices set at Pesos 2 150 - 2 250 per 120 kilo [...]
Argentina
Grains
Maize
2013.04
Trade
Export quota
Approved additional exports of 4.4 million tonnes of maize from 2012/13 crop.
Brazil
Grains
Wheat
2013.04
Trade
Import quota
Doubled non-Mercosur import quota for wheat and waived tariff. The quota will remain in [...]
Chile
Grains
Maize
2013.04
Trade
Import tariff
Introduced 9.7 percent countervailing import tariff on Argentine maize on grounds of unfair competition [...]

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.