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
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2012.10
Trade
Import quota
Left the tariff-rate import quota for 2013 unchanged at 5.32 million tonnes.
Ghana
Rice
All
2012.10
Production
Support prices
Raised minimum guaranteed prices for the 2012/2013 season by 25 percent to USD 307 (Cedi 50 [...]
Republic of Korea
Rice
All
2012.10
Trade
Import restrictions
Lifted suspension of sales and imports of rice from the United States, after examinations allayed [...]
Egypt
Rice
All
2012.10
Trade
Export licenses
Awarded export licenses for 101 500 tonnes of milled rice through a tender held on [...]
Nigeria
Rice
All
2012.10
Trade
Import tariff
Announced that effective 1 January 2013, imported husked and milled/semi-milled rice would attract a 10 [...]
Nigeria
Rice
All
2012.10
Production
Production support
Announced that it would distribute seeds to farmers to help them replant crops as part [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2012.10
Production
Government procurement, support prices
Approved a budget of USD 7.7 billion (bath 240 billion) to extend the Paddy Pledging [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2012.10
Trade
Minimum export prices
Raised minimum export prices for 5 percent broken rice to USD 460 and to USD 435 [...]
Philippines
Rice
All
2012.10
Production
Promotion of local production and consumption patterns
Declared 2013 as the National Year of Rice and November of each year as the [...]
Argentina
Grains
Wheat
2012.10
Trade
Export quota
Increased wheat exports quota by 1 million tonnes, reaching 5 million tonnes for the 2012/13 [...]

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.