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
Philippines
Grains
Maize
2017.03
Consumption and marketing
Marketing measures
Introduced the country’s first credit card facility for maize farmers.
Russia
Grains
Wheat
2017.03
Consumption and marketing
Procurement price
Set grain intervention prices for the 2017/18 marketing season. Prices for third-class wheat were reduced [...]
Rwanda
Grains
Wheat
2017.03
Production
Production support
Announced to allocate more land for wheat production in order to be less dependent on [...]
South Africa
Grains
Wheat
2017.03
Trade
Import tariff
Announced a 25 percent reduction of the wheat import tariff from ZAR 1 591 (USD 118.52) [...]
Türkiye
Grains
All
2017.03
Trade
Import duty
Suspended duty-free wheat, maize and other products imported from the Russian Federation by not including [...]
Venezuela
Grains
Wheat
2017.03
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention
Enforced a rule that 90 percent of wheat must be destined to loaves rather than [...]
Venezuela
Grains
Maize
2017.03
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention
Approved USD 130 million for the National Plan of Planting starting on 15 April. This [...]
Zimbabwe
Grains
Maize
2017.03
Consumption and marketing
Government procurement
Budgeted USD 140 million to buy 800 000 tonnes of maize from domestic farmers to [...]
Brazil
Meat
All
2017.03
Trade
Limited market access
Faced market access limitations in about 20 of its meat exporting destinations, including [...]
Mexico
Meat
Poultry meat
2017.03
Trade
Import ban
Announced restrictive trade measures applied to United States live poultry and poultry products intended 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.