Markets and Trade

Commodity policy developments

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Policy Category
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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
India
Rice
All
2015.02
Production
Government procurement
Instructed state governments to eliminate all procurement of rice under statutory levy, as of 1 [...]
Costa Rica
Rice
All
2015.02
Trade
Safeguard measures
Adjusted the rate of the additional import duty to be levied on selected classes of [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2015.02
Stocks
Stock release
Announced plans to dispose of an estimated 17 million tonnes of rice held in government [...]
Philippines
Rice
All
2015.02
Trade
Import quota
Approved imports of 500 000 tonnes of rice, to be contracted on a government-to-government basis. [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2015.02
Production
Government procurement
Approved a procurement drive for 1.0 million tonnes of winter-spring rice from farmers, to be [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2015.02
Trade
Import quota
Renewed import duty exemptions on 70 000 tonnes of rice (paddy and semi/wholly milled) originating [...]
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2015.02
Production
Government procurement
Approved the purchase of 200 000 tonnes of paddy from the 2015 Maha harvest. The [...]
India
Rice
All
2015.02
Trade
Tax policy
Re-instated the duty drawback on rice exports, effective 13 February 2015. The measure, which is [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2015.02
Production
Support prices
Announced that government paddy procurement prices for the 2015 season would be kept unchanged year-to-year [...]
Ecuador
Rice
All
2015.02
Trade
Import levies, safeguard measures
Decided to exclude paddy for sowing from the temporary import duties applied on goods originated [...]

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.