# Letlow Calls on Trade Representative, U.S. Ambassador to Help Protect U.S. Rice Exports | Representative Julia Letlow

> Representative Julia Letlow asked the US Trade Representative and the acting US ambassador to the UK to prevent the UK from adopting a zero-tolerance policy on propiconazole residues in imported food. The EU has banned the fungicide and will bar detectable residues from September 2021, while the EPA allows 7 ppm on rice.

- Date: 2021-05-12 · published 2021-05-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47151-letlow-calls-on-trade-representative-u-s-ambassador-to-help-protect-u-s-rice
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

A UK zero-tolerance rule would restrict US rice exports to the UK, but this is a congressional request without an enacted policy change, so price impact is limited for now.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2023-08-30 | [India allows exports of non-basmati white rice trapped at ports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34531-india-allows-exports-of-non-basmati-white-rice-trapped-at-ports.md) | +1.2% | -2.2% |
| RICE | 2024-10-09 | [Platts-assessed Asian rice prices plunge to multi-month low amid India's export ban U-turn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27914-platts-assessed-asian-rice-prices-plunge-to-multi-month-low-amid-india-s-export.md) | -0.6% | -4.4% |
| RICE | 2025-03-07 | [India allows exports of broken rice to cut stockpiles](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25548-india-allows-exports-of-broken-rice-to-cut-stockpiles.md) | +4.9% | +1.4% |
| RICE | 2024-07-10 | [Government to resume wheat sale from FCI stock; may take a call on lifting ban in rice exports - Times of India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29224-government-to-resume-wheat-sale-from-fci-stock-may-take-a-call-on-lifting-ban.md) | -15.8% | -11.1% |
| RICE | 2022-08-30 | [Government has no plans as of now to curb rice exports: Official source](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39989-government-has-no-plans-as-of-now-to-curb-rice-exports-official-source.md) | -2.5% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- letlow.house.gov: http://letlow.house.gov/media/press-releases/letlow-calls-trade-representative-us-ambassador-help-protect-us-rice-exports

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