AreaPeru

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date01/04/2013

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction support, export promotion, promotion of local products

DescriptionAgreed with industry representatives to promote exports to fellow Andean countries, greater domestic consumption of local rice, while continuing to encourage producers in northern coastal regions to replace rice with maize. The measures are geared at arresting further declines in local producer prices.