On 7 May 2020, the Government approved the extension of the 35 percent import duty exemption on soft wheat until 31 December 2020. This follows a previous extension, approved on [...]

On 28 April 2020, the Government ordered the lifting of rice export restrictions and the full resumption of exports from 1 May 2020. Signing of new rice export contracts was [...]

A number of countries in the subregion implemented measures to temporarily remove or ease import restrictions. In the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries, as of 18 April 2020, the exemption [...]

On 9 April 2020, the Government eliminated with immediate effect its import tariffs on maize, sorghum and soybeans until 30 June 2020, with the possibility of an additional three-month extension. [...]

In late March 2020, the Government of El Salvador purchased around 50 000 tonnes of white maize, 7 000 tonnes of rice and 5 000 tonnes of beans to boost [...]

On 10 April 2020, the State-run Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) announced the new Maximum Retail Prices (MRP) for rice that entered into force with immediate effect. MRPs are set by [...]

On 7 April, the Ministry of Agriculture released the updated farmgate prices for the 2020 cereal crops, which are supposed to set the minimum boundary that farmers sell their crops. [...]

The Government of Bangladesh plans to procure about 1.15 million tonnes of rice (1 000 000 tonnes of parboiled rice and 150 000 tonnes of non-parboiled rice) and 600 000 [...]

West Africa • Burkina Faso, on 2 April, announced the implementation of measures to counter over pricing of food items for the period April to June 2020. • The Gambia, on 24 [...]

Since late March, amid concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of countries in the CIS area have implemented new policy measures in an effort to ensure sufficient domestic supplies [...]