Food Policy and Market Developments

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15/01/2024
On 4 January 2024, the Government of Sri Lanka imposed a Special Commodity Levy (SCL) in respect of  potatoes (HS code 0701.90) at the rate of LKR 50/kg (USD 0.15) [...]
09/01/2024
On 1 January 2024, the Government of Sri Lanka reduced the Special Commodity Levy (SCL) on rice imports for rice varieties under HS 1006.30.29. from LKR 65/kg (USD 0.2) to [...]
27/11/2023
To help address macroeconomic challenges, the Reserve Bank of Malawi devalued the national currency, the Malawi kwacha, by 44 percent in early November 2023; as of 24 November, the Malawi [...]
22/05/2023
On 12 May 2023, the Government of Zimbabwe announced a six-month suspension of import licenses, import duties and import taxes on several basic commodities. The measure, which was adopted with [...]
24/04/2023
On 10 April 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan announced a six-month ban on the import of wheat by road into the national territory. The aim is to support [...]
24/04/2023
On 6 April 2023, the Government of Georgia lifted a temporary restriction on the export of wheat, which was introduced in July 2022 to ensure the national food security. The [...]
03/02/2023
On 19 January 2023, the Government of Liberia issued Executive Order No. 115, which extends Executive Order No. 106 on the suspension of import tariffs on agricultural inputs and machinery. [...]
31/01/2023
On 4 January 2023, the Government of Liberia issued Executive Order No. 113,suspending, with immediate effect, import tariffs on semi/wholly milled and broken rice.  The new order effectively continues zero [...]
19/01/2023
On 16 January 2023, the Government of Mexico announced a temporary 50 percent tariff on white maize exports, with effect from 17 January to 30 June 2023, in order to [...]
21/12/2022
  On 14 December 2022, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus adopted Resolution 865, providing for a new six-month extension of the embargo on some food products from [...]
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