The Government implemented a number of measures to prevent rice prices from falling ahead of the main season harvest in November. Apart from temporarily suspending the release of rice from [...]

The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, AMBCON, an independent umbrella body for baking professionals, announced that the price of bread, biscuits and other related products would be [...]

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced the 2017 low-tariff rate import quotas for wheat, maize and rice. The quota for wheat has been set at 9.6 million tonnes, [...]

In early October, the Government authorized the importation of 63 000 tonnes of paddy free of tariffs, to be shipped from January 2017. The measure follows the issuance of a [...]

The Government prolonged the duty exemption on maize shipments from non-Mercosur countries until 31 December this year. The duty had already been removed in late April for a period of [...]

The National Food Supply Agency (CONAB) of Brazil offered 14 900 tonnes of rice paddy for sale through two auctions on October 7. This follows a previous release in late [...]

The Government launched a new social safety net scheme in mid-September, titled “Food-Friendly Programme for the Ultra-Poor”, targeting some 5 million poor families across the country. The scheme aims to [...]

The Government, on 23 September, cut import taxes on wheat, potatoes and palm oil. The wheat import tax was reduced from 25 percent, effective since October 2015 (FPMA Food Policies), [...]

The Government of the Russian Federation announced the removal of the wheat export duty on 23 September, as announced in late August (FPMA Food Policies). The duty was first introduced [...]

Egypt, the world's largest buyer of wheat, lifted the import ban on wheat containing ergot, a common grain fungus, on 21 September, and returned to the international standard of allowing [...]