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Colombia is weighing VAT on farm inputs such as seed, fertilizer, pesticides and field machinery to raise 40 to 45 trillion pesos. Fedearroz, the rice growers' federation, has asked the finance and agriculture ministers to keep the VAT exemption for rice.
Higher input costs could raise Colombian rice production costs and weaken domestic competitiveness against US rice imports, which are set to become duty-free by 2030. The net price effect on rough rice is small.
es.pravda.ruMarina KovalevaNov 12, 2026After 100 past neutral policy events, Rough Rice moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -2.6% to +2.3%), and +0.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
