Markets and Trade
AreaBrazil
Commodity GroupGrains
CommodityMaize
Date01/03/2017
Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing
Policy InstrumentGovernment market intervention
DescriptionConcluded a freight contract to remove 33 700 tonnes of maize from its public stocks in Mato Grosso to be used in the Over-the-Counter Sales Programme for the benefit of meat producers, as of April 2017.