State order for grain delivery for state reserves was re-introduced for the 1996 and 1997 cropping season in the form of tax payments and social security contributions payable to the state in the form of grain. Bread prices were liberalized in late 1996. Milk producer prices are kept low with informal interventions and by subsidies provided in the form of tax deductions. Consumer prices are liberalized except dairy products. Direct producer subsidies are mainly phased out.
Agriculture receives indirect subsidies via special energy tariffs and input supply schemes.
Return to the liberal course of market and price policies. Remove remaining interventions from grain and milk markets. Phase out indirect subsidies to agriculture. Deregulate fully the processing and trade margins. B. Trade Policies Domestic trade is liberalized, but a competitive market structure is not in place.