Food Policy and Market Developments
17/03/2021 -
On 21 February 2021, the Central Bank of Sudan devalued the official exchange rate of the Sudanese pound (SDG) against the US dollar from SDG 55 to an indicative rate of [...]16/03/2021 -
On 15 March 2021, the Ministry of Trade announced a temporary lifting of the maize export ban, which had been in place since February 2018 (FPMA Food Policies) to help [...]15/02/2021 -
On 6 February 2021, the Ministry of Economy approved Decree 117, introducing a floating tax system for exports of wheat, maize and barley from 2 June 2021. The floating tax will [...]28/01/2021 -
On 26 January 2021, the Ministry of Economy enacted a new policy on cereal exports, which set the tax on wheat exports at EUR 50 (about USD 61) per tonne for the period [...]28/01/2021 -
On 26 January 2021, the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture added an annex to the Memorandum of Understanding with grain market participants introducing an export quota for maize [...]14/12/2020 -
On 14 December 2020 the Ministry of Economy announced plans for the introduction of a flat tax of EUR 25 (about USD 30) per tonne on wheat exports and a 17.5 million tonnes quota on exports [...]14/12/2020 -
On 27 November 2020, the Government allocated a budget of GEL 10 million (about USD 3 million) to a programme to subsidize the sale of wheat flour, until 31 March 2021. The price of a 50 kg bag [...]04/12/2020 -
On 19 November 2020, the Government adopted the Resolution 569, introducing a six-month ban on the exports of some agricultural products, including livestock, poultry, eggs, cereals, vegetable oil and sugar [...]