# Port helps local rice producers deliver to international markets | American Press

> The Port of Lake Charles and the South Louisiana Rail Facility have exported about 543,000 short tons of rough rice since 2015. Local producers are pursuing new foreign markets for unmilled rice, with a growing share moving by rail to ships.

- Date: 2022-01-14 · published 2022-01-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43223-port-helps-local-rice-producers-deliver-to-international-markets-american-press
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Expanding export logistics for US rough rice modestly supports domestic rice demand, but the effect on prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2021-12-06 | [Importers to pay N300b freight rates on foreign rice to Nigeria, others \| The Nation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43667-importers-to-pay-n300b-freight-rates-on-foreign-rice-to-nigeria-others-the.md) | -1.7% | +2.6% |
| RICE | 2020-03-19 | [Rice price stabilised thanks to increase in supply, federation says \| Vietstock](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7424-rice-price-stabilised-thanks-to-increase-in-supply-federation-says-vietstock.md) | -4.7% | +0.2% |
| RICE | 2020-05-09 | [Rice exports to Bangladesh via West Bengal likely to begin soon \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53103-rice-exports-to-bangladesh-via-west-bengal-likely-to-begin-soon-the-business.md) | -4.1% | +14.2% |
| RICE | 2021-07-15 | [Rice sector revisits tactics as exports hit \| The Phnom Penh Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46157-rice-sector-revisits-tactics-as-exports-hit-the-phnom-penh-post.md) | +3.7% | +4.7% |
| RICE | 2020-09-21 | [Port of Lake Charles to Resume Shipments — Louisiana Farm Bureau News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51188-port-of-lake-charles-to-resume-shipments-louisiana-farm-bureau-news.md) | -0.5% | -1.1% |

## Sources

- americanpress.com: https://americanpress.com/2022/01/13/port-helps-local-rice-producers-deliver-to-international-markets/

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