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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Pakistan
Oilseeds, oils and meals
All edible oils
2011.07
Consumption and marketing
Market regulation
Directed manufacturers to refrain from activities related to costing and pricing
India
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Palm oil
2011.07
Trade
Bilateral trade agreement
Signed free trade agreement with Malaysia including significant additional tariff concessions for Malaysia’s palm oil [...]
Mozambique
Biofuels
Biodiesel
2011.07
Renewable energy
Renewable energy policies
Passed into law a regulation mandating nationwide use of B3 blends by the year 2012 [...]
United States of America
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Camelina seed
2011.07
Renewable energy
Renewable energy policies
Granted production subsidies to famers for up to five years
United Arab Emirates
Biofuels
Biodiesel
2011.07
Other
Environmental policy
Entered partnership with McDonald’s Restaurants to produce biodiesel based on recycled cooking oil
Colombia
Rice
All
2011.07
Production
Support prices, warehouse receipts program
Allocated Pesos 10 billion (USD 5.2 million) to the storage incentive programme, to run from [...]
India
Rice
All
2011.07
Trade
Export ban
Exception to rice export ban approved, permitting private traders to export 1 million tonnes of [...]
India
Rice
All
2011.07
Trade
Export ban
Exports under 1 million tonne rice contingent, excepted from the ban on rice exports in [...]
Japan
Rice
All
2011.07
Other
Futures trade
Resumption of rice futures trading approved, on a two-year trial basis, through the Tokyo Grains [...]
Mali
Rice
All
2011.07
Trade
Import quota
60 000 tonnes of rice to be imported free of taxes, to curb price rises [...]

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.