Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the approval of a new formula for calculating grain export duties that is set to be introduced from July 2015. The new customs mechanism follows [...]

In 2015, Ukraine’s state grain firm plans on supplying up to 4 million tonnes of maize to China in line with a loans-for-grain contract signed in 2012. Under the agreement, [...]

Panama is in the process of negotiations with one of the world’s largest (unidentified) rice companies regarding the signing of a contract to package and re-export rice. The signing of [...]

On May 15, the Government of Russia cancelled customs duties on wheat exports, which were in place since 1 February 2015 and were due to last until the end of [...]

The Government of Egypt has procured 750 000 tonnes of the 2015 wheat harvest since the current marketing season which began in mid-April. The Government has allocated 10 billion Egyptian [...]

In mid-April, China sharply increased the amount of weekly sales of maize from state reserves to 3.4 million tonnes, up almost 3 million tonnes from the previous week. In the [...]

A new outbreak of avian flu in some farms in the United States state of Iowa has resulted in Mexican authorities taking measures restricting imports of poultry products. Mexico is [...]

The Government of Zimbabwe removed regulations that fixed the procurement price of maize at USD 390 per tonne in April 2015, lifting price controls measures that were implemented in 2014. [...]

The Government of India is for the third time extending the deadline to implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA) by an additional 6 months. The NFSA was passed in [...]

The Ministry of Agriculture has set minimum prices for the purchase of grain crops procured from July 2015 to July 2016. The price of class 3 wheat in the European [...]