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Commodity policy developments

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Policy Category
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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
India
Rice
All
2011.07
Trade
Export ban
Exports under 1 million tonne rice contingent, excepted from the ban on rice exports in [...]
Japan
Rice
All
2011.07
Other
Futures trade
Resumption of rice futures trading approved, on a two-year trial basis, through the Tokyo Grains [...]
Mali
Rice
All
2011.07
Trade
Import quota
60 000 tonnes of rice to be imported free of taxes, to curb price rises [...]
Russian Federation
Grains
All
2011.07
Trade
Export ban
Export ban on grains lifted.
Russian Federation
Grains
All
2011.07
Production
Financial instrument for risk management
Federal Law on the State Support of Agricultural Insurance approved, increasing guarantees of compensation payments [...]
Myanmar
Rice
All
2011.07
Trade
Export taxes
Rice export taxes reduced from 8 percent to 5 percent.
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2011.06
Production
Government procurement, support prices
Member companies of the Vietnam Food Association to purchase 1 million tonnes of summer-autumn paddy, starting [...]
United States of America
Biofuels
Ethanol
2011.06
Production
Producer subsidies
Tax credit and a tariff that subsidizes ethanol production suspended, curtailing subsidies for maize-based biofuel. [...]
Zimbabwe
Grains
All
2011.06
Production
Minimum price on food staple food commodities
Producer price set at USD 285 per tonne for maize and all grains. The Grain [...]
Russia
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Soymeal
2011.06
Trade
Import policy
Temporarily suspended the 5% soymeal import tariff applied under the CIS Customs Union (Russian Federation/Belarus/Kazakhstan) [...]

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.