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
India
Grains
All
2012.07
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies
Approved an additional allocation of 5.0 million tonnes of subsidized grains for distribution to below [...]
Nepal
Rice
All
2012.07
Trade
Export ban
Lifted the ban on rice exports that had been in place since 2008.
Philippines
Rice
All
2012.07
Trade
Import quota
Issued official statements suggesting that, pending the completion of negotiations on the extension of quantitative [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2012.07
Production
Government procurement
Announced that exporters would purchase 500 000 tonnes of summer-autumn paddy between 10 July and [...]
Brazil
Grains
All
2012.07
Production
Finance and Credit Facilities
Expanded farm credit by 7.5 percent from last year to BRL 115.2 billion (USD 55 [...]
India
Grains
Wheat
2012.07
Trade
Releasing Stocks
Approval of 2 million tonnes of wheat export from pubblic stocks, subject to a base [...]
Australia
Meat
Live animals
2012.07
Production
State market intervention
Increased the pig slaughter levy for "marketing" from AUD 1.35 to AUD 2.25. This increase [...]
Brazil
Meat
Live animals
2012.07
Production
State market intervention
Under the pork buyback programme, 76 000 metric tonnes of excess live swine were bought back [...]
European Union
Meat
Poultry meat
2012.07
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted 8-year ban on the imports of fresh chicken meat from Thailand as of 1 [...]
European Union
Meat
Live animals
2012.07
Other
Animal welfare regulations
Adopted a resolution in support of the new EU Animal Welfare Strategy 2012–2015, encouraging the [...]

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.