By Eric Johnston Recent pressure on Japan by the United States to import more American rice, soybeans and maize, which can be used as livestock feed or for bioethanol, is of special concern to Hokkaido. The Japanese government sees potential for expanding imports of these agricultural products as part of the ongoing tariff negotiations between […]
Kedia Advisory – The 2025/26 U.S. rice outlook points to lower supplies, reduced domestic use, and higher exports, resulting in a slight drop in ending stocks. Long-grain production is set to decline due to excessive rainfall in the Delta region, while California’s medium- and short-grain output rises. Imports hit a record 50.7 million cwt. U.S. […]
By Susan Reidy BAGHDAD, IRAQ — US rice sales to Iraq have reached 220,000 tonnes for 2025, following delays last season that prevented the nation from fulfilling its memorandum of understanding. The most recent was a sale of 44,000 tonnes of US long grain which will set sail later this fall, said USA Rice. Iraq […]
Rice prices have stabilised in Asia after they spiked over supply concerns resulting from the conflict between India and Pakistan. Biman Mukherji India is looking to increase rice exports following an early start to the monsoon season and de-escalation in tensions with Pakistan, raising hopes that the world’s top rice exporter can help stabilise prices […]
Global market prospects for U.S. long-grain rice for the upcoming marketing year. Alvaro Durand-Morat, Associate Professor The global rice market in the last two years has been a rollercoaster driven mostly by India’s export restrictions and, since October of last year, by its massive rice crop. India’s production performance has been remarkable, breaking a new […]
TOKYO (Kyodo) — A senior official of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has ruled out including talks on an expansion of U.S. rice imports in tariff negotiations between Tokyo and Washington, a source close to the matter said Wednesday. “Since I have not heard anything about that (from the government on rice imports), my understanding […]
Rice and other agricultural crops have become one focus of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States, but Japan is already a major importer of US crops. Japan has faced criticism from the United States for high tariffs on rice. However, under its “minimum access” (MA) system, it allows annual tariff-free imports of rice […]
Source: China Daily Thailand needs to further develop high-quality rice varieties and boost production to meet the market demand and maintain the kingdom’s competitiveness in the global rice trade amid emerging challenges partly due to steep US trade tariffs, experts say. “Thai jasmine rice has a high quality and reputation in the international market, which […]
By YANG WANLI in Bangkok. Thailand needs to further develop high-quality rice varieties and boost production to meet the market demand and maintain the kingdom’s competitiveness in the global rice trade amid emerging challenges partly due to steep US trade tariffs, experts say. “Thai jasmine rice has a high quality and reputation in the international […]
Story by Suttinee Yuvejwattana. (Bloomberg) — Thailand is aiming to increase exports of pet food, rice and other processed food products to the US at the cost of Chinese shippers who are shut out of the prized market by a tariff wall. The Southeast Asian country expects to increase its market share in segments like […]
