Results filtered by: Food prices
- In late November, an announcement made by the Government of Zimbabwe indicated the temporary removal of import controls on maize and wheat flour, amidst a tight [...]
- The Government authorized duty-free imports of 5 million 90 kg bags of non-GM yellow maize for feed over the next three to four months. Yellow maize [...]
- The Secretary of Agricultureof Mexico announced the re-introduction of a 20 percent import tariff on white maize (yellow maize is exempted), which was abolished in 2008. [...]
- On 13 December, the Government issued a decree permitting the importation of Russian wheat with immediate effect. The importation would require a number of procedures to [...]
- The Government announced it will reduce further import duties on rice to 2 percent from the previous 10 percent, which was set in June, down from [...]
- In mid-October, the Government revoked all maize export permits except for humanitarian purposes. The measure aims to ensure that the country has sufficient domestic supplies to [...]
- The Government raised by 3.7 percent the minimum support wheat price to be paid to farmers to Rs 1,400 a quintal (USD 22.6) in the 2014/15 [...]
- In September, the Government reversed its earlier implementation of an import ban on South African maize meal products, which was imposed in May to protect local [...]
- The Central Government of India decided to reduce charges for rice millers to about Rs 10 per quintal (around $ 1.6 per tonne), down about 33% [...]
- The Government of India increased the minimum support price (MSP) for the 2015 winter wheat crop, currently being planted, by 3,6 percent, to 1,450 Rupees (USD [...]