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
China (Mainland)
Meat
All
2018.01
Production
Environmental protection tax
Rolled out a nationwide environmental protection tax programme, which levies a tax on farms with [...]
European Union
Meat
All
2018.01
Trade
Tariff rate quota
Raised tariff rate quotas of poultry and ovine meat applicable for Ukraine in 2018 to [...]
Morocco
Meat
Bovine meat
2018.01
Trade
Market access
Approved the import of beef and beef products from the Russian Federation.
Saudi Arabia
Meat
Poultry meat
2018.01
Trade
Import ban
Banned poultry meat imports temporarily from some provinces in Hungary, Ukraine, Poland, the Netherlands, France [...]
United States of America
Meat
Pig meat
2018.01
Trade
Import ban lifted
Determined Mexico to be free from classical swine fever, therefore retracting controls on imports of [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Trans-fatty acid
2018.01
Other
Food standards
The Eurasian Economic Union set the maximum permitted percentage of trans fats in food products [...]
Argentina
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Soybeans, soymeal, soyoil
2018.01
Trade
Export policy
Lowered export taxes on soybean, soymeal and soyoil by 0.5 percentage points, planning to continue [...]
China (Mainland)
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Rapeseed oil
2018.01
Stocks
Public stockholding
Ended public auctions of rapeseed oil sales from state reserves, with dwindling volumes offered pointing [...]
European Union
Biofuels
Biodiesel
2018.01
Trade
Import policy - trade dispute
Was notified by the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) dispute settlement body that the bloc\'s anti-dumping [...]
Malaysia
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Palm oil
2018.01
Trade
Export policy
Suspended the country\'s sliding tax on crude palm oil exports from 8 January 2018 to [...]

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.