Markets and Trade

Commodity policy developments

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Commodity
Policy Category
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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Indonesia
Meat
All
2019.08
Trade
Import ban lifted
Reopened its market to shipments of bovine and poultry meat from Brazil, following a ruling [...]
Russia
Meat
Bovine meat
2019.08
Trade
Market access
Granted market access for one Brazilian firm to supply bovine meat products to its market, [...]
Russia
Meat
Pig meat
2019.08
Trade
Import ban
Banned imports of pig meat from Serbia following news that ASF had reached the Balkan [...]
Serbia
Meat
Pig meat
2019.08
Trade
Export ban
Halted pig meat exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Montenegro due to reported [...]
Thailand
Meat
Pig meat
2019.08
Trade
Import ban
Banned imports of live pigs and wild boars from Myanmar for 90 days, after the [...]
Ukraine
Meat
Poultry meat
2019.08
Trade
Market access
Obtained formal approval to export poultry meat to Japan for the first time after the [...]
Ukraine
Meat
Poultry meat
2019.08
Trade
Trade agreement
Ratified a trade agreement with Israel including tariff-rate quota for poultry meat exports.
Australia
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Rapeseed
2019.08
Other
GMO policy
Authorized, in the state of South Australia, the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) food crops, [...]
Australia
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Vegetable oils
2019.08
Other
Health policy
Considered revising the ranking of individual vegetable oils under the country’s rating system for packaged [...]
Brazil
Biofuels
Biodiesel
2019.08
Renewable energy
Biofuel policy
Raised, effective 1 September 2019, the mandatory national blending rate for biodiesel in transport diesel [...]

Disclaimer: The policy records included in the tool are based on publicly available information from both official and private sources. While efforts have been made to verify its content, FAO does not guarantee the full accuracy or comprehensiveness of the information and recommends to consult / refer to other FAO publications reporting policy developments, especially the Oilcrops Monthly Price and Policy Update, the Monthly News Report on Grains and the FAO Rice Market Monitor. The frequency of updates may differ across commodities.