AreaIndonesia

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date04/11/2015

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport agreement

DescriptionAgreed to buy an additional 500 000 tonnes of rice from Thailand, as part of its efforts to reconstitute public stockpiles amid concerns over the impact of prolonged dryness on local production. The deal would see volumes delivered between November 2015 and March 2016.