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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity
Policy Category
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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Egypt
Rice
All
2014.10
Production
Government procurement
Announced that the Government would procure supplies from local farmers at a price of Pounds [...]
Thailand
Rice
All
2014.10
Stocks
Stock release
Auctioned off 203 000 tonnes of brokens and 5 percent broken rice from Government stocks, [...]
Bangladesh
Rice
All
2014.10
Production
Government procurement, purchasing prices
Announced that it would buy 300 000 tonnes of rice from the 2014 Aman harvest [...]
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Rice
All
2014.10
Consumption and marketing
Price controls
Set ceilings on retail prices at Bolívares 25.0 (USD 4.0) per kg of Type I [...]
Senegal
Rice
All
2014.10
Consumption and marketing
Tax policy
Announced that it would exempt domestically produced rice from value added taxes (VAT), as part [...]
Costa Rica
Rice
All
2014.10
Trade
Safeguard measures
Ruled out a provisional import tariff increase on selected classes of milled rice, pending the [...]
Sri Lanka
Rice
All
2014.10
Production
Budgetary allocations, production support, support prices, credit
Announced that the subsidized fertilizer programme would be continued, as part of its 2015 budgetary [...]
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Rice
All
2014.10
Trade
Import restrictions
According to press reports, put in place a ban on rice and sugar imports, in [...]
Egypt
Rice
All
2014.10
Trade
Export ban
Relaxed the ban on milled rice exports. Effective until August 2015, traders will be permitted [...]
Republic of Korea
Rice
All
2014.10
Stocks
Government procurement
Announced that it intended to purchase surplus produce, estimated at 180 000 tonnes, to stabilize [...]

Disclaimer: The policy records included in the tool are based on publicly available information from both official and private sources. While efforts have been made to verify its content, FAO does not guarantee the full accuracy or comprehensiveness of the information and recommends to consult / refer to other FAO publications reporting policy developments, especially the Oilcrops Monthly Price and Policy Update, the Monthly News Report on Grains and the FAO Rice Market Monitor. The frequency of updates may differ across commodities.