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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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Reduction of Customs Duties for the Importation of Wheat and Wheat or Meslin Flour (Tranquillón) (Decree 103 Exento)/n

The Decree issued by the Chilean Ministry of Finance provides a list of reductions in the ad valorem duties of the Customs Tariff for the importation of products whose tariff codes appear in a list.

Petroleum Price Stabilization Fund (Law 21452)/n

The present law empowers the Minister of Finance to increase the Petroleum Price Stabilization Fund in the amount of US$40 million, through one or more transfers of resources available in financial as...

Suspension of exports of millet, maize and sorghum meal, following a ban on exports of cereal grains.

This decision follows an earlier ban on exports of the same cereal grains that came into force on 1 January 2021. The measures are intended to safeguard domestic food supplies and contain upward press...

Zimbabwe lifts import ban on maize grain and products

Zimbabwe lifted the import ban on maize, which had been introduced in June 2021. The measure comes amid poor prospects for the 2022 domestic maize crop, to be harvested in the next weeks, and supply d...

Belarus extends the ban on grain exports and introduces a temporary ban on exports of rice, rye and barley flour and gro...

Belarus by Resolution No. 125, extending for six months the previously introduced temporary ban on the export of wheat and meslin (wheat-rye mixture), rye, barley, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet, trit...

Mexico temporarily eliminates tariffs on imports of staple foods and key inputs/n

Mexico adopted a decree temporarily eliminating import tariffs on more than 20 basic food products and key inputs, including paddy rice, white corn grain and flour, wheat grain and flour, bread, dry b...

Bolivia increases wheat purchase prices/n

Bolivia approved a new purchase price at which Empresa de Apoyo a la Producción de Alimentos (EMAPA) will purchase the main wheat crop for the 2022 winter season, to be harvested starting in mid-July...

Colombia excludes 200 imported products from freight charges to contain inflation (Decree Nº955)/n

Colombia excludes 200 imported products from freight rates to contain inflation. The objective of the measure is to reduce the negative effects and cost overruns of imports as a consequence of the inc...

The Republic of Moldova bans wheat and corn exports

The measure was adopted to curb price increases and will be in effect until the end of the 60-day state of emergency declared on February 24, 2022, following the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine ...

Philippines Extends Import Tariff Reductions on Rice and Pork, and Temporarily Reduces Import Tariffs on Corn and Coal ...

The Government of the Philippines extends tariff reductions on imports of rice and pork, and temporarily reduces import tariffs on corn and charcoal products. The decision was made to mitigate the imp...

Decree 309 of March 13, 2022 of the Special Transitory Law to Combat Commodity Inflation

The purpose of this law is to ensure the supply of basic necessities of the basic food basket, in order to be able to acquire them at adequate prices, so that there is no harm to consumers, as well as...

Subsidies for fuel, raw materials and food to address economic crisis ”exacerbated” by Russian invasion to Ukraine/n

The government will maintain a fuel subsidy extended to the entire population since the pandemic, unchanged as long as the WTI barrel indicator is above $85 and below $115. It will also apply a subsid...