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
Egypt
Rice
All
2012.12
Trade
Export licenses
Awarded export licenses for 188 000 tonnes of rice through a tender held on 3 [...]
Haiti
Rice
All
2012.12
Trade
Import agreement, production support
Reached a government-to-government agreement with Viet Nam for the provision of rice on preferential terms. [...]
Myanmar
Rice
All
2012.12
Stocks
Government procurement
Announced that the Myanmar Rice Federation would procure 100 000 tonnes of rice between December [...]
Russian Federation
Rice
All
2012.12
Trade
Import restrictions, phytosanitary measures
Called for urgent consultations with Indian officials, after khapra beetle was found in a small [...]
Indonesia
Grains
Wheat
2012.12
Trade
Import Tariff
Introduced 20 percent emergency tariff on wheat flour imports for 200 days.
Thailand
Rice
All
2012.12
Stocks
Stock release
Scaled back earlier announced plans to release 600 000 tonnes of fragrant rice from government [...]
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Rice
All
2012.12
Consumption and marketing
Consumer prices
Raised ceilings on consumer prices by 28 percent to Bolívares 7.2 (USD 1.7 ) per [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2012.12
Trade
Import quota
Exempted 70 000 tonnes of rice (paddy and semi/wholly milled) originating from the Lao PDR [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2012.12
Trade
Minimum export prices
Introduced a Minimum Export Price (MEP) of USD 370 per tonne for 35 percent broken [...]
Brazil
Rice
All
2012.12
Stocks
Stock release
Released 24 929 tonnes of paddy from state reserves, out of a total of 80 [...]

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.