AreaBrazil

Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals

CommodityGrains, oilseeds

Date01/05/2019

Policy CategoryStocks

Policy InstrumentMarket regulation

DescriptionReduced the number of public grain storage facilities operating across the country, emphasizing that the closures were envisaged in locations where ample private storage capacity was available.

NotesCONAB, Brazil’s national procurement and supply company belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture, informed that – to streamline its operations – it would reduce the number of public grain storage facilities operated across the country from 92 to 65, adding that the closures were envisaged in locations where ample private storage capacity was available.