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
Mexico
Milk and dairy products
Dairy products
2017.07
Trade
Import ban
Suspended all dairy imports from Colombia after new outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease were detected in [...]
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2017.06
Trade
Import tariff
Decided that imported broken rice would accrue a Special Commodity Levy (SCL) of LKR 5 [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2017.06
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 443 802 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, after offering 1.47 million tonnes of [...]
Kenya
Rice
All
2017.06
Trade
Import tariff
Renewed exemptions to the 75 percent rice import duty applicable under the Common External Tariff [...]
Rwanda
Rice
All
2017.06
Trade
Import tariff
Decided that the 75 percent rice import duty applicable under the Common External Tariff of [...]
India
Grains
Wheat
2017.06
Trade
Import requirements
Extended the exemption of fumigation quarantine rules until end-December, allowing imported wheat cargoes to be [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2017.06
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 125 345 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, out of a total of 2.6 [...]
Kenya
Rice
All
2017.06
Production
Production support
Announced that it would waive KES 100 million (USD 0.9 million) worth of service charges [...]
Australia
Grains
Wheat
2017.06
Other
Futures market
Announced CME Group launched the Australian wheat FOB (Platts) futures contract, to begin trading from [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
Maize and Wheat
2017.06
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention
Removed restrictions on foreign investment in the processing of flour and deep processing of maize. [...]

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.