Area
Republic of Korea
Commodity Group
Rice
Commodity
All
Date
28/09/2017
Policy Category
Production
Policy Instrument
Government procurement
Description
Announced that the government would purchase 720 000 tonnes of rice from the 2017 harvest. The volume would include 350 000 tonnes as part of the Public Rice Stockholding Program, and 370 000 tonnes geared at stabilizing domestic prices.
