Markets and Trade

Commodity policy developments

Area
Commodity
Policy Category
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To year

Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
United States of America
Meat
Poultry meat
2011.09
Trade
WTO complaint filed
Complaint with WTO filed against China on anti-dumping and countervailing duties on shipments from the [...]
China (Mainland)
Grains
Wheat
2011.09
Production
Minimum support price increase
Minimum purchase price for wheat in the country\'s major wheat-producing areas increased, from CNY 95 [...]
Ethiopia
Grains
Wheat
2011.09
Consumption and marketing
Food distribution in case of emergency
Distribution of around 15 000 tonnes of wheat granted by Japan to millers hit by [...]
Ethiopia
Grains
Wheat
2011.09
Stocks
Food stocks set up
Depleted Ethiopian Food Emergency Relief Reserve (EFSRR) replenished through market stabilization interventions with 300 000 [...]
India
Grains
Wheat
2011.09
Trade
Export ban
Wheat export ban, imposed in early 2007, suspended, allowing 2 million tonnes for exports, after a [...]
India
Grains
Wheat
2011.09
Stocks
Releasing stocks
Wheat from public stocks sold in open market to create space in warehouses for rice [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2011.09
Trade
Import quota
Tariff-rate import quota for 2012 set at 5.32 million tonnes.
Egypt
Rice
All
2011.09
Production
Government procurement, support prices
Plans to build a rice stockpile through local purchases announced. Volumes procured to equal half [...]
Guinea-Bissau
Rice
All
2011.09
Trade
Imports, Food subsidies, trade, consumption and marketing
30 000 tonnes of rice to be imported and sold at FCFA 14 500–-14 800 per [...]
India
Rice
All
2011.09
Trade
Export ban
Export ban on non-basmati rice lifted. Private sector permitted to ship 2 million tonnes of [...]

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.