AreaArgentina

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date20/03/2020

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentPrice controls

DescriptionFixed ceilings on prices of various basic goods, including rice, at their prevailing level on 6 March 2020. The price ceilings were to be maintained for a period of 30 days, starting from 20 March 2020, but a successive measure extended their duration for another 30 days, rendering the ceilings subject to further renewals depending on COVID-19 developments.