On March 11 2015, Ecuador placed an additional tariff ranging 5 to 45 percent on 461 imported food and non-food items, including meat, rice, dairy products, red onions, dried and [...]

The Government raised the price of subsidized low-octaine gasoline for April 2015 by 7.2 percent from IDR 6 900 (USD 0.53) to IDR 7 400 (USD 0.56) per liter in [...]

Beginning April, the government has established a fund of about USD 283 million to subsidize 46 000 small producers of grains, who produce less than 700 tonnes, to compensate for [...]

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Government of Pakistan lifted the ban on the import of wheat and wheat products and instead imposed a 25 percent regulatory duty on [...]

India’s Ministry of Finance has approved the sale of 2 million tonnes of rice buffer stocks under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) to bulk buyers, including millers and traders, [...]

The Government of Zambia introduced a wheat import quota of 75 000 tonnes in March to ensure that the county maintains sufficient supplies following a 26 percent production decrease in [...]

The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA), a corporate body in charge of regulating the energy sector, lowered prices of petroleum products, effective from 5 February. The recommended maximum prices of [...]

The Government of Zambia and millers agreed to reduce the maximum price of breakfast and roller maize meal from ZMK 65 to ZMK 61 per 25kg bag (breakfast) and from [...]

The Government approved the purchase of 1 million tonnes of rice (milled terms) from the main 2014/15 winter-spring crop, currently being harvested, in an effort to provide support to domestic [...]

The Government will procure 1 million tonnes of rice and 100 000 tonnes of paddy from the ongoing Boro crop (November-May), keeping the procurement rice price at BDT 32 per [...]