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
Paraguay
Meat
Live animals
2012.01
Other
Animal welfare regulations
Imposed mandatory vaccination against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). Cattle and buffaloes vaccinated from [...]
Russia
Meat
Bovine meat
2012.01
Trade
Import quotas
Established beef, pork, poultry TRQs for 2012: 530,000 tonnes TRQ for frozen beef; 30,000 tonnes [...]
Russia
Meat
Pig meat
2012.01
Trade
Import quotas
Established beef, pork, poultry TRQs for 2012: 530,000 tonnes TRQ for frozen beef; 30,000 tonnes [...]
Russia
Meat
Poultry meat
2012.01
Trade
Import quotas
Established beef, pork, poultry TRQs for 2012: 530,000 tonnes TRQ for frozen beef; 30,000 tonnes [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2012.01
Trade
Minimum export prices
Reduced minimum export prices for 5 percent and 25 percent broken rice to US$485 and [...]
Saudi Arabia
Meat
Poultry meat
2012.01
Trade
Import ban lifted
Lifted import ban on poultry from Turkey which had been in place since the last [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2012.01
Trade
Minimum export prices
Reduced minimum export prices for 5 percent broken rice to US$450 per tonne, and to [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2012.01
Trade
Import quota
Exempted 300 000 tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia from import duties annually, valid from [...]
Kazakhstan
Grains
All
2012.01
Other
Transportation subsidies (rail)
Transport subsidies on grain exports (Azov, the Black and Baltic seas) through the Russian [...]
Russia
Grains
Wheat
2012.01
Production
Market intervention
Suspention of grain procurement interventions (purchase of wheat from Ural and Siberian farmers for State [...]

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.