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Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Cuba
Rice
All
2012.05
Production
Production support
Announced that USD 450 million would be invested in the sector through 2016, to purchase [...]
Ecuador
Rice
All
2012.05
Production
Support prices
Following agreement by the Rice Consultative Council, raised paddy producer prices by 7 percent to [...]
India
Grains
All
2012.05
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies
Approved an additional allocation of 6.0 million tonnes of subsidized grains for distribution to above [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Oilseeds, oils and meals
All edible oils
2012.04
Trade
Import policy
The Eurasian Economic Union extended the import duty applied to tropical vegetable oils to consignments [...]
European Union
Meat
Poultry meat
2012.04
Trade
Import ban
Lifted the eight-year ban on the imports of fresh chicken meat from Thailand, effective July [...]
European Union
Meat
Pig meat
2012.04
Trade
Export subsidies
Cut export refunds on processed pork to zero; lowered export refunds on beef carcasses from [...]
European Union
Meat
Bovine meat
2012.04
Trade
Export subsidies
Cut export refunds on processed pork to zero; lowered export refunds on beef carcasses from [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Meat
Live animals
2012.04
Trade
Import restrictions
Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, Japan, Mexico, Argentina, [...]
Japan
Meat
Bovine meat
2012.04
Trade
Import ban
Lifted an import suspension on a U.S. meat processing company after it ensured compliance with [...]
Japan
Meat
Bovine meat
2012.04
Trade
Import quota
Increased import quota for Mexican beef from the current 6,000 tonnes per year to 10,500 [...]

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.