Markets and Trade

Commodity policy developments

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Policy Category
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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Russia
Grains
Wheat
2018.04
Consumption and marketing
Price procurement 
Approved new prices for the purchasing interventions of the 2018 grain crop. The price of [...]
Australia
Meat
Bovine meat
2018.04
Trade
Tariff rate quota
Received further reduction of tariffs on chilled beef (from 30.5 to 29.3 percent) and frozen [...]
European Union
Meat
All
2018.04
Trade
Import ban
Suspended meat imports, mostly poultry meat, from 20 Brazilian plants that had been authorized to [...]
Japan
Meat
Bovine meat
2018.04
Trade
Tariff rate
Reverted the duty on frozen beef imports from the United States from 50 percent to [...]
Kuwait
Meat
All
2018.04
Trade
Import ban
Issued 11 administrative decisions to ban the import of beef and ovine meat and live [...]
Argentina
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Soybeans, soybean products
2018.04
Trade
Export policy
Changed the time of export tax collection from the day a purchase contract is signed [...]
Indonesia
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Palm oil
2018.04
Other
Transport infrastructure
Postponed the implementation of regulations requiring exporters of palm oil to use exclusively Indonesia-flagged vessels [...]
United Kingdom
Biofuels
Biodiesel
2018.04
Renewable energy
Biofuel policy
Introduced a number of changes in the country\'s Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, including higher mandatory [...]
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2018.04
Trade
Import tariff
Renewed the Special Commodity Levy (SCL) of LKR 0.25 per kilo (USD 1.6 per tonne) [...]
Canada
Grains
All
2018.04
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention 
The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) reduced fees for many of its services and licenses, such [...]

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.