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
Ecuador
Rice
All
2015.03
Trade
Import levies, safeguard measures
Imposed import surcharges on a wide range of products for a period of fifteen months, [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2015.03
Stocks
Stock release
Sold 776 000 tonnes of rice from Government stocks, out of a total of 1.0 [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2015.03
Production
Government procurement
Announced that it would allocate Yuan 154.6 billion (USD 25.2 billion), 33 percent more than [...]
Bangladesh
Rice
All
2015.03
Production
Government procurement, purchasing prices
Announced that it would purchase 1.0 million tonnes of rice and 100 000 tonnes of [...]
Cambodia
Rice
All
2015.03
Trade
Export promotion
Announced that the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port would forgo charges for rice stored in its [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2015.03
Trade
Minimum export prices
Lowered minimum export prices for 25% broken rice by USD 10 to USD 350 per [...]
European Union
Meat
Bovine meat
2015.03
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted the import ban on beef from Paraguay, introduced in September 2011 following an outbreak [...]
European Union
Meat
Pig meat
2015.03
Production
State market Regulation
Adopted Aid-for-Private-Storage measures for pig meat.
Iraq
Meat
Bovine meat
2015.03
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted ban on beef imports from Brazil, which had been introduced in 2014 following a [...]
South Africa
Meat
Bovine meat
2015.03
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted ban on beef imports from Brazil, introduced in 2014 following a case of bovine [...]

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.