Markets and Trade

Commodity policy developments

Area
Commodity
Policy Category
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To year

Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Russia
Meat
Bovine meat
2013.04
Trade
Import ban
Banned almost all imports of Mexican beef because of concerns that Mexican producers had not [...]
Vietnam
Meat
Poultry meat
2013.04
Trade
Import ban
Suspended poultry imports from China after detection of the new avian influenza strain H7N9.
India
Sugar
All
2013.04
Consumption and marketing
Taxes and quotas
Removed levy quota mechanism under which sugar mills had to sell 10% of production at [...]
Dominican Republic
Rice
All
2013.04
Production
Support prices
Paddy support prices set at Pesos 2 150 - 2 250 per 120 kilo [...]
Brazil
Milk and dairy products
Dairy products
2013.04
Trade
Tariff rate quota
Established a tariff rate quota (TRQ) on lactose products for 4 476 tonnes, subject to an [...]
Iraq
Milk and dairy products
All
2013.04
Trade
Export ban lifted
Lifted import ban on milk and dairy products from Egypt, which had been in place [...]
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Rice
All
2013.04
Production
Government procurement, purchasing prices
Announced that the state enterprise EMAPA would procure supplies from the 2013 harvest at USD [...]
Ecuador
Rice
All
2013.04
Production
Production support, support prices
Following a meeting of the Rice Consultative Council, announced a 4 percent increase in paddy [...]
Indonesia
Rice
All
2013.04
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies
Announced that effective January 2014, rations under the public subsidized distribution scheme (Raskin) will be [...]
Indonesia
Rice
All
2013.04
Trade
Import agreement
Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Myanmar for the annual provision of up to 500 [...]

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.