The Government reduced the prices of rice sold through its distribution centres in mid-July. White Nadu rice and Samba rice were reduced to RS 60 (USD 0.46)and RS 69 (0.53) [...]

Private traders have applied to import 300 000 tonnes of Rice from Thailand and Vietnam following the National Food Authority (NFA) approval of imports up to 805 200 tonnes of [...]

The Government of El Salvador has approved the import of 12 000 tonnes of red beans exempt from custom duties. The measure aims to ensure affordable prices for the population [...]

The Government of Iran has imposed a one year import duty on wheat, as well as an import duty on barley until September 2015. The wheat duty is set at [...]

The Government of Argentina plans to increase the previously authorized levels of maize exports by 7 million tonnes for this year. The increase reflects the abundant supplies from last year’s [...]

The Government of Indonesia has issued permits to import 50 000 cattle which is less than a fifth of the 279 000 cattle import permits that it allowed last quarter. [...]

Following the recent sale of 1.148 million tonnes in early July, the Government of Thailand plans to sell about 5.89 million tonnes of sub-quality and rotten rice by the end [...]

The Government plans on upgrading its granaries and building new storage facilities to store 50 million tonnes of grains by the end of 2015, according to a recently published 2015-2020 [...]

Following its plans to auction an additional 1 million tonnes of rice in an open tender, as a measure to cut down on its accumulated rice stocks, the Government of [...]

As of mid-June 2015, the Government of Indonesia has the authority to cap prices of staple foods and other basic goods during peak demand periods including the month of Ramadan. [...]