Markets and Trade

Commodity policy developments

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Area
Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Colombia
Rice
All
2011.07
Production
Support prices, warehouse receipts program
Allocated Pesos 10 billion (USD 5.2 million) to the storage incentive programme, to run from [...]
Kenya
Grains
Wheat
2011.07
Trade
Import tariff
Duty free import of wheat approved for one year, starting from July 2011.
India
Rice
All
2011.07
Trade
Export ban
Exception to rice export ban approved, permitting private traders to export 1 million tonnes of [...]
India
Rice
All
2011.07
Trade
Export ban
Exports under 1 million tonne rice contingent, excepted from the ban on rice exports in [...]
Japan
Rice
All
2011.07
Other
Futures trade
Resumption of rice futures trading approved, on a two-year trial basis, through the Tokyo Grains [...]
Mali
Rice
All
2011.07
Trade
Import quota
60 000 tonnes of rice to be imported free of taxes, to curb price rises [...]
Russian Federation
Grains
All
2011.07
Trade
Export ban
Export ban on grains lifted.
Russian Federation
Grains
All
2011.07
Production
Financial instrument for risk management
Federal Law on the State Support of Agricultural Insurance approved, increasing guarantees of compensation payments [...]
Myanmar
Rice
All
2011.07
Trade
Export taxes
Rice export taxes reduced from 8 percent to 5 percent.
Viet Nam
Rice
All
2011.06
Production
Government procurement, support prices
Member companies of the Vietnam Food Association to purchase 1 million tonnes of summer-autumn paddy, starting [...]

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.