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
Brazil
Grains
Wheat
2013.04
Trade
Import quota
Doubled non-Mercosur import quota for wheat and waived tariff. The quota will remain in [...]
Chile
Grains
Maize
2013.04
Trade
Import tariff
Introduced 9.7 percent countervailing import tariff on Argentine maize on grounds of unfair competition [...]
Egypt
Grains
Wheat
2013.04
Production
Government procurement
Allocated EGP 11 billion (USD 1.6 billion) for the purchase of 4.5 million tonnes of [...]
Peru
Grains
Maize
2013.04
Production
Farmers Income Tax
Reduced maize farmers\' income tax by 1.5 percent.
South Africa
Grains
Wheat
2013.04
Production
Price Support
Increase of the dollar-based reference price for locally produced wheat by 37 percent, in order [...]
Belarus
Meat
Pig meat
2013.03
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted the ban it had imposed in early January on the import of pork, poultry [...]
Belarus
Meat
Poultry meat
2013.03
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted the ban it had imposed in early January on the import of pork, poultry [...]
Russia
Meat
Poultry meat
2013.03
Trade
Import ban lifted
Restricted temporarily imports from the one specific poultry farm in Ukraine, and introduced enhanced [...]
Russia
Meat
Poultry meat
2013.03
Trade
Import ban lifted
Approved imports of poultry from two processing plants in Brazil, in a first concrete step [...]
Russia
Meat
Live animals
2013.03
Production
State market intervention
Approved, with Resolution Nr 338, the disbursement of subsidies from the 2013 federal budget 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.