AreaPanama

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date05/01/2018

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentPrice controls

DescriptionRenewed maximum retail prices on 22 basic foodstuffs until 7 July 2018. The price ceilings were first installed on 1 July 2014, and have been renewed on a biannual basis since then. In the case of high quality rice, maximum retail prices will remain set at PAB 0.88 (USD 0.88) per kg.

NotesExchange rate as of 15 April 2018.