Markets and Trade

Commodity policy developments

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Policy Category
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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
China (Mainland)
Meat
All
2011.11
Trade
Import requirements
Announced new policy on all imports of breeding animals and frozen semen and embryos - [...]
Indonesia
Rice
All
2011.11
Trade
Import agreement
Signed Memorandum of Understanding with Thailand, giving Indonesia priority in the provision of up to [...]
European Union
Meat
Live animals
2011.11
Other
Animal welfare regulations
Review of the regulation on the animal welfare for animals during transport.
United States of America
Meat
All
2011.11
Consumption and marketing
Marketing requirements
U.S. law on mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) requirements for livestock and meat (among other products) [...]
Myanmar
Rice
All
2011.11
Stocks
Government procurement, strategic reserve
Announced purchase of 500 000 tonnes of paddy from local markets by government and traders, [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2011.11
Production
Government procurement
Approved on-farm storage plan for volumes mortgaged under the Paddy Pledging Program. The scheme covered [...]
El Salvador
Grains
Maize
2011.11
Production
Seed programme
USD 11 million provided to compensate losses caused by the excessive rains.
European Union
Grains
Barley and Wheat
2011.11
Trade
Import tariff
Suspention of import duties on soft wheat of low and medium quality and feed barley [...]
India
Grains
Wheat
2011.11
Production
Minimum support price
Increase of minimim purchase price of wheat in order to encourage farmers to sell [...]
Kazakhstan
Grains
All
2011.11
Trade
Export facilitation measure
Abolition of grain export licenses from 1st February 2012.

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.