Abiarroz: the US pulls Brazilian rice exports in November

Published 2020년 12월 15일

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In November, the United States significantly reduced its imports of Brazilian rice by 58,000 tons compared to the same month in 2019, totaling 40,275 tons. Despite this setback, Brazil's overall rice exports for the commercial year increased to 1.61 million tonnes from 982,883 tonnes in the previous year, reaching 1.76 million tons when including January to November imports. These achievements reflect well on Brazil's resilience in meeting domestic and international demand, even amidst COVID-19 related challenges, as noted by Tiago Sarmento Barata of Sindarroz-RS.

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Pulled by the United States, Brazilian exports of rice (husk base) totaled 72,794 tons in November, about 58 thousand tons less than in the same month of 2019, when they total 130,638 tons, according to the Brazilian Association of the Rice Industry (Abiarroz) , based on data from the Ministry of Economy. Purchases from the US market total 40,275 t, with 96% of this total broken rice. In addition to the USA, other main destinations for Brazilian rice exports in November were Venezuela (15,696 t), Peru (10,239 t), Saudi Arabia (1,941 t) and Cape Verde (1,235 t). In the commercial year - March to November - Brazilian rice exports reached 1.61 million tonnes, against 982,883 t in the same period in 2019, according to figures from the Ministry of Economy, according to Abiarroz. In the accumulated result for the year (January to November), rice shipments reached 1.76 million tons, against 1.2 million in the same period in 2019. Imports In November, Brazil imported 187,574 tons of rice, ...

Source: Agroemdia