AreaChina (Mainland)

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityMaize and Wheat

Date01/10/2016

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport quota

DescriptionAnnounced the 2017 low-tariff rate import quotas for wheat, maize and rice. The quotas for wheat, set at 9.6 million tonnes, and for maize, set at 7.2 million tonnes, remain at the same volumes as the past few years.