# U.S. rice imports continue to grow, driven by aromatics - Rice Farming

> USDA's Economic Research Service projects US rice imports of 32.5 million hundredweight for 2019/20, up 9% from a year earlier and a third consecutive record. Demand for Asian aromatic varieties such as Thai jasmine and Indian and Pakistani basmati drives the increase.

- Date: 2020-04-01 · published 2020-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53704-u-s-rice-imports-continue-to-grow-driven-by-aromatics-rice-farming
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Rising imports take a larger share of the US rice market, which can limit domestic rice price gains. The effect on feed-grain markets is minimal because these are mainly aromatic table rice varieties.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2018-03-09 | [On the bubble - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66071-on-the-bubble-rice-farming.md) | +1.2% | +1.9% |
| RICE | 2022-11-15 | [Importance of agri exports — and what Govt can do to boost India’s farm trade surplus](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38632-importance-of-agri-exports-and-what-govt-can-do-to-boost-india-s-farm-trade.md) | +1.0% | -4.9% |
| RICE | 2023-01-15 | [East Meets West - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37842-east-meets-west-rice-farming.md) | +2.0% | +0.2% |
| RICE | 2022-11-29 | [Despite curbs, Indian rice continues to be competitive in export market - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38629-despite-curbs-indian-rice-continues-to-be-competitive-in-export-market-the.md) | -5.0% | +0.0% |
| RICE | 2016-12-21 | [More US Rice Could Be Moving Into Turkey — Louisiana Farm Bureau News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73545-more-us-rice-could-be-moving-into-turkey-louisiana-farm-bureau-news.md) | -2.2% | +3.8% |

## Sources

- ricefarming.com: https://www.ricefarming.com/departments/feature/u-s-rice-imports-continue-to-grow-driven-by-aromatics/

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