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
Canada
Grains
Barley and Wheat
2011.12
Other
Privatization
Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act approved. It ends the Canadian Wheat Board\'s monopoly on [...]
Mexico
Meat
All
2011.12
Trade
Import requirements
New certification required on shipments of certain meat and poultry products from the United States. [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Meat
Bovine meat
2011.12
Trade
Import quota
Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan: established 2012 tariff rate quotas on total meat and poultry under the Customs [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Meat
Pig meat
2011.12
Trade
Import quota
Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan: established 2012 tariff rate quotas on total meat and poultry under the Customs [...]
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Rice
All
2011.12
Production
Production support
Allocated US$16 million (kip 130 billion) of a US$48 million (kip 400 billion) flood rehabilitation [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Meat
Poultry meat
2011.12
Trade
Import quota
Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan: established 2012 tariff rate quotas on total meat and poultry under the Customs [...]
Bilateral/Multilateral
Meat
All
2011.12
Other
Food safety measures
Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan: Convened Customs Union (CU) Commission on December 9, 2011, which decided adoption of the [...]
Nigeria
Rice
All
2011.12
Trade
Import levies
Announced that, starting 1 July 2012, husked rice will accrue a levy of 25 percent [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
Maize
2011.12
Production
Governement procurement from farmers and minimum support price
Procurement of 10-12 million tonnes of maize from farmers at above market price until April [...]
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2011.12
Trade
Minimum export prices
Set minimum export prices at US$500 per tonne of 5 percent broken rice and at [...]

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.