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
Burkina Faso
Rice
All
2023.09
Production
Production support, import quota
Launched the Offensive Agropastorale et Halieutique 2023-2025, with the aim of achieving food sovereignty by [...]
Kyrgyzstan
Rice
All
2023.09
Trade
Export ban
Banned exports of rice and other agricultural products for a period of six months, starting [...]
Malaysia
Rice
All
2023.09
Consumption and marketing
Market management
Announced that, among steps it had taken to stabilize the supply of rice, it had [...]
Myanmar
Rice
All
2023.09
Trade
Export requirements, export restrictions
Indicated that it would not suspend rice exports but that, as of 1 September 2023, [...]
Philippines
Rice
All
2023.08
Consumption and marketing
Price controls
Set a price ceiling of PHP 41 (USD 0.7) per kg for regular milled rice [...]
Republic of Korea
Rice
All
2023.08
Production
Government procurement
Announced that it would purchase 400 000 tonnes of rice from the 2023 harvest at [...]
India
Rice
All
2023.08
Trade
Export restrictions, export quota
Permitted exports of 79 000 tonnes of non-basmati white rice to Bhutan, 14 000 tonnes [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2023.08
Stocks
Stock release
Put 601 730 tonnes of paddy from state reserves for auction on 29 August 2023. [...]
Ghana
Rice
All
2023.08
Production
Production support, finance and credit facilities, Government procurement
Launched Phase II of the Planting for Food and Jobs campaign, which is to be [...]
India
Rice
All
2023.08
Trade
Export restrictions
Announced that it had instructed the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority 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.