The article highlights a recent sale of 44,000 metric tons of U.S. long grain milled rice to Iraq, taking the total to 132,000 MT for the first five months of the 2024-2025 Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) year. This equates to over 264,000 tons of paddy rice. Iraq is a major market for U.S. rice, with a 200,000 MT MOU between Al Awees and USA Rice. The sale was made despite challenges such as security and financial restrictions in Iraq.