AreaColombia

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date06/12/2013

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction support

DescriptionDecided to extend a Pesos 100 000 (USD 49) per tonne assistance package for up to 24 000 tonnes of paddy from Mojana, North Cesar, Magdalena and Guajira marketed between 9 and 30 December 2013. The measure is geared at assisting producers in the regions cope with surplus produce that remained uncovered by the 2013 second-semester storage incentive programme.

NotesExchange rate as of 15 March 2014.