Markets and Trade

Commodity policy developments

Area
Commodity
Policy Category
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To month
To year

Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Myanmar
Oilseeds, oils and meals
All
2016.08
Trade
Export restrictions
Relaxed export restrictions on a number of agri-based products, including sesame oil, mustard seed/oil, sunflower [...]
Russia
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Palm oil
2016.08
Trade
Trade dispute settlement
Received ruling from WTO dispute settlement panel establishing that import duties applied on selected products [...]
Uganda
Oilseeds, oils and meals
All agricultural goods
2016.08
Production
Agricultural policy
Launched a subsidized crop insurance scheme, in an effort to improve farmers’ access to credit [...]
United States of America
Oilseeds, oils and meals
All
2016.08
Other
GMO policy
Issued a statement authorizing companies to make labelling claims that no GM ingredients were used [...]
United States of America
Milk and dairy products
Dairy products
2016.08
Trade
State Market Intervention
Announced plans to purchase approximately 5 000 tonnes of cheese from private inventories for distribution [...]
Guatemala
Meat
Pig meat
2016.08
Trade
Animal health regulation
Declared itself free of classical swine fever after five years of prevention work, thus allowing [...]
Japan
Meat
Pig meat
2016.08
Trade
Import ban
Temporarily suspended feeder and breeding cattle imports from Australia, following positive testing for bovine Johne’s [...]
Japan
Meat
Live animals
2016.08
Trade
Import ban lifted
Announced the reopening of trade in feeder and breeding cattle from Australia, following agreement on [...]
Peru
Meat
Poultry meat
2016.08
Trade
Import ban extended
Extended its suspension of imports of live poultry, hatching eggs and poultry products from certain [...]
United States of America
Meat
Bovine meat
2016.08
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted its ban on the import of fresh, chilled or frozen bovine meat from selected [...]

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.