AreaArgentina

Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals

CommodityGrains, oilseeds

Date01/05/2020

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentMarket regulation

DescriptionRestricted the access of farms holding on to more than 5 percent of their harvest to public soft loans, in a bid to stimulate farmers to accelerate their new crop sales.

NotesARGENTINA – market regulation: In a bid to encourage producers to sell their recently harvested grain and oilseed crops, in May the country’s Central Bank issued a resolution barring agricultural companies holding on to more than 5 percent of their harvest from accessing soft loans introduced to support small and medium-sized firms affected by the coronavirus pandemic.