Markets and Trade

Commodity policy developments

Area
Commodity
Policy Category
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To year

Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
China (Mainland)
Meat
Bovine meat
2017.07
Trade
Import ban lifted
Announced the lifting of a 13-year import ban on some US bovine meat products. The [...]
Colombia
Meat
Bovine meat
2017.07
Trade
Export limitation
Suspended exports of bovine meat to the Russian Federation, Chile and Peru after discovering an [...]
China, Hong Kong SAR
Meat
All
2017.07
Consumption and marketing
Food safety standards
Launched a Strategy and Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (2017–2022) to combat the threat of [...]
Japan
Meat
Bovine meat
2017.07
Trade
Tariff
Raised tariffs on frozen beef from 38.5 percent to 50 percent – from 1 August until the [...]
Oman
Meat
Poultry meat
2017.07
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted a ban on imports of poultry and poultry products from the Netherlands, Denmark, Ukraine, [...]
United States of America
Biofuels
Biofuels
2017.07
Renewable energy
Biofuel policy
Published proposals for mandatory consumption of total, conventional and advanced renewable fuels in 2018, as [...]
Philippines
Meat
All
2017.07
Trade
Import ban
Temporary banned all meat imports from Brazil after nearly 500 kg of a recent shipment [...]
United States of America
Biofuels
Biodiesel
2017.07
Renewable energy
Biofuel policy
Released a US court rule establishing that the methodology used by the country\'s Environmental Protection [...]
South Africa
Meat
Poultry meat
2017.07
Trade
Export limitation
Suspended exports of live birds, poultry meat, table eggs and other unprocessed poultry product, due [...]
Zimbabwe
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Oilseeds, soybeans
2017.07
Production
Sector development measures
Considered launching, jointly with the private sector, a loan facility to support local oilseed farmers, [...]

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.