# U.S. could ship more rice in 2018-19 — if prices decline

> USDA Economic Research Service analysts expect U.S. rice exports to rise about 13 percent in 2018-19 for long-grain and medium/short-grain rice. All-rice ending stocks are forecast up 53 percent, and prices for all classes of U.S. rice are expected to decline.

- Date: 2018-10-03 · published 2018-10-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12052-u-s-could-ship-more-rice-in-2018-19-if-prices-decline
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Larger U.S. supplies with rising stocks pressure rough rice prices lower, and exports depend on the U.S. becoming more price-competitive globally.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2023-02-10 | [U.S. rough-rice exports projected to decline 36 percent in 2022/23](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37408-u-s-rough-rice-exports-projected-to-decline-36-percent-in-2022-23.md) | -3.1% | -11.5% |
| RICE | 2020-11-30 | [Economists project weaker rice prices in 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50238-economists-project-weaker-rice-prices-in-2021.md) | -3.6% | -5.4% |
| RICE | 2020-11-06 | [India’s rice production on the rise \| 2020-11-06  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50116-india-s-rice-production-on-the-rise-2020-11-06-world-grain.md) | -4.9% | -3.5% |
| RICE | 2018-06-13 | [India’s food grain production to reach new record \| World-grain.com \| June 13, 2018 14:12 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64486-india-s-food-grain-production-to-reach-new-record-world-grain-com-june-13-2018.md) | +2.4% | -1.0% |
| RICE | 2019-03-13 | [India forecast to harvest record rice crop \| 2019-03-13  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60050-india-forecast-to-harvest-record-rice-crop-2019-03-13-world-grain.md) | +2.8% | -1.9% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/rice/u-s-could-ship-more-rice-in-2018-19-if-prices-decline

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