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Guidelines, strategies, regulations, resolutions and agreements, at the international, regional, national and subnational levels that configure the actions of the State.

DID YOU KNOW?

Global biodiversity hotspots
33% of global biodiversity hotspots are located in grassland regions threatened by agricultural expansion (Kan et al., 2026).
Global terrestrial carbon
Between 20% and 35% of the world's terrestrial carbon is stored in grasslands, ecosystems currently under increasing agricultural pressure (Kan et al., 2026).
Change of land use
6% of global land use change is attributed individually to countries such as Russia, India, China, and the United States (Kan et al., 2026).
Ecosystem conversion
13% of the global conversion of natural ecosystems is concentrated in Brazil, the country with the highest recorded proportion (Kan et al., 2026).
Conversion of grasslands and wetlands
The conversion of grasslands and wetlands to agriculture is progressing almost 4 times faster than deforestation worldwide (Kan et al., 2026).

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Decree 321 of March 23, 2022 temporarily suspending the collection of two fuel taxes.

This decree issues transitory provisions related to the reduction of rates of the tax on the transfer of movable goods and on the rendering of services applicable to fuels. The reduced rates of the t...

The United States imposes new restrictions on Russian Agricultural Bank/n

It involves curbing all its transactions in the international market, the provision of financing and other operations.

The United States bans the import of Russian seafood, diamonds and vodka./n

The US is taking further steps to punish Russia by banning the import of products from "flagship sectors" of the Russian economy and also banning the export of luxury goods to Russia from the US.

Russian Federation lifts temporary restrictions on fresh fruit imports from China

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia orders to allow the import of fresh fruit crops from China to Russia from February 20, 2022, and requests to notify this inf...

Easing of conditions for the import of corn from Argentina and Brazil into Spain.

The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has published a resolution temporarily relaxing the specific requirements for corn imports from Argentina and Brazil.

Force of Law No. 30 of the Ministry of Finance; Decree with Force of Law No. 213 of 1953 on Customs Ordinance

Temporary deferral of VAT payment on imports by SMEs, under certain conditions, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Law 1819 National carbon tax Colombia

Article 221 establishes the Carbon Tax, this being a tax that falls on the carbon content of all fossil fuels, including all petroleum derivatives and all types of fossil gas that are used for energy ...

Indonesia tightens palm oil export curbs

Exporters of palm oil will require companies to sell 30% of their planned exports of crude palm oil and olein in the country. The new restriction will stay in place for at least six months.

Restrictions on Ukrainian exports.

Ukraine bans, with few exceptions, the export of agricultural products such as wheat to ensure national supply.

Measures adopted within the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic with implications for the agricultural sector

Reduction of 30%-40% of import costs through an adjustment of fees related to the importation of goods, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nicaragua expands duty-free chicken meat import quotas/n

Within the framework of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), the Government of Nicaragua will open an additional 1,533 metric tons of duty-free imported chicken meat...

Reduction of tariffs on food, beverages, cereals, seeds for agricultural products, among others./n

The Colombian government issued Decree 307, which established, among other measures, that 165 subheadings would not be subject to tariffs, which previously ranged between 5%, 10% and 15%, for six mont...