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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Brazil
Meat
Live animals
2012.07
Production
State market intervention
Under the pork buyback programme, 76 000 metric tonnes of excess live swine were bought back [...]
European Union
Meat
Poultry meat
2012.07
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted 8-year ban on the imports of fresh chicken meat from Thailand as of 1 [...]
European Union
Meat
Live animals
2012.07
Other
Animal welfare regulations
Adopted a resolution in support of the new EU Animal Welfare Strategy 2012–2015, encouraging the [...]
Kyrgyzstan
Meat
Poultry meat
2012.07
Trade
Import ban
Banned the import of poultry and poultry products from Ireland following the outbreak of H5N2 [...]
New Zealand
Meat
Live animals
2012.07
Other
Animal welfare regulations
Introduced new standards covering the welfare of chickens raised for their meat. The new code [...]
Russia
Meat
Poultry meat
2012.07
Production
Subsidies reduced
Reduced poultry industry support until 2020 cutting the financing program by more than half – [...]
Russia
Meat
Live animals
2012.07
Trade
Import duties
Cut the import duty for shipments inside the annual quota of 430 000 tonnes (kept equal [...]
Russia
Meat
Pig meat
2012.07
Trade
Import duties
Cut the import duty for shipments inside the annual quota of 430 000 tonnes (kept equal [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Meat
Poultry meat
2012.07
Trade
Import ban
Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan: Ban by Customs Union of poultry from Mexico, due to the recent outbreak of [...]
Taiwan province of China
Meat
Bovine meat
2012.07
Other
Animal welfare regulations
Passed bill setting maximum level of ractopamine allowed in imported beef at 10 ppb. Previously, Taiwan [...]

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.