Markets and Trade

Commodity policy developments

Area
Commodity
Policy Category
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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
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 [...]
India
Grains
All
2011.12
Consumption and marketing
Food subsidies
New Food Security Bill submitted to the parliament. It will create legal entitlement to subsidized [...]
Indonesia
Grains
All
2011.12
Trade
Import tariff
Import tariff for designated grain, feed and oilseed products increased to 5 percent.
Malawi
Grains
Maize
2011.12
Trade
Export ban
Suspention of maize and maize products exports and revocation of export licenses from private [...]
Morocco
Grains
Wheat
2011.12
Production
Input subsidies
Maximum price threshold and subsidies for domestic commercialization introduced on imported wheat, durum wheat [...]

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.