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- On 3 July, the Government of Punjab approved the release of 900 000 tonnes of wheat to flour millers at PKR 1475 per maund (about 40 [...]
- In mid-April, China sharply increased the amount of weekly sales of maize from state reserves to 3.4 million tonnes, up almost 3 million tonnes from the [...]
- In exporting countries of the subregion, domestic prices of rice generally strengthened in March, with the notable exception of Thailand, where the release of Government stocks [...]
- On 30 March, the Government approved duty-free paddy rice imports, eliminating the 75 percent (or USD 345 per tonne) import duty on paddy and husked rice, [...]
- Russia, the world’s fourth- biggest wheat exported, introduced taxes on wheat export to reduce food prices after the ruble’s collapse made it attractive for farmers to [...]
- In early March, the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) introduced for the first time a basic floor price for rice, excluding high-grade varieties. The price for the [...]
- In late October, the Mexican Food Security Agency under the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (Sagarpa) announced the reintroduction of guaranteed prices [...]
- On 23 September 2021, the government announced the exemption of maize imports from federal taxes until 31 December 2021. This temporarily removes the applicable rates of [...]
- Sri Lanka will import 50,000 tonnes of rice from Bangladesh with immediate effect with the aim to control the escalating price of rice, the staple food [...]