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
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2015.07
Production
Government procurement
Announced that it had allocated LKR 6 billion (USD 42 million) to purchase 120 000 [...]
Nepal
Rice
All
2015.07
Production
Budgetary allocations, production support
Allotted NPR 26.68 billion (USD 248 million) to the agricultural sector, as part of its [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2015.07
Production
Water rationing
Decided to cut the discharge of water from dams serving the Chao Phraya Basin from [...]
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2015.07
Consumption and marketing
Consumer prices
Announced that, effective 15 July 2015, Lak Sathosa outlets would sell rice at lower rates [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Rice
All
2015.07
Trade
Trade agreement
Guyanese officials announced that Venezuelan authorities had informed them that they did not intend to [...]
Brazil
Rice
All
2015.07
Production
Minimum support prices
Adjusted minimum support prices (MSPs) for the 2016/17 season (2015/16 season for Brazil) to be [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2015.07
Production
Production support
Approved a budget of THB 60 billion (USD 1.7 billion) to assist one million drought-hit [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2015.07
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 1.1 million tonnes of rice from Government stocks, out of a total of 1.4 [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Rice
All
2015.07
Trade
Trade agreement
Reached a government-to-government agreement – between Venezuela and Uruguay – under which the Uruguay will [...]
Argentina
Grains
Wheat
2015.07
Trade
Export quota
Argentina issued export licences for 500 000 tonnes of low quality wheat.

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.