# Mexico Opens Rice Market to Brazil | USA Rice Federation

> Mexico and Brazil agreed to open Mexico's milled rice market to Brazil, with Brazil reciprocating for dry beans. Brazilian paddy rice exports remain blocked by a restricted fungus found in fields. Mexico imports about 85% of its rice consumption, mostly from the US as rough rice.

- Date: 2019-05-21 · published 2019-05-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59171-mexico-opens-rice-market-to-brazil-usa-rice-federation
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

The deal adds a marginal supplier option for Mexican millers, with negligible expected impact on US rice exports. Price effects on feed-relevant grains are minimal.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2017-06-08 | [USA Rice Continues Dialog with Customers in Key Central American Markets  \| USA Rice Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70564-usa-rice-continues-dialog-with-customers-in-key-central-american-markets-usa.md) | -1.8% | +3.7% |
| RICE | 2025-10-05 | [India eases rice export norms to tap non-EU European markets \| Mint](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22355-india-eases-rice-export-norms-to-tap-non-eu-european-markets-mint.md) | -3.9% | -7.6% |
| RICE | 2025-04-04 | [Tariffs could reshape rice market, prices \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25193-tariffs-could-reshape-rice-market-prices-world-grain.md) | +1.3% | -3.5% |
| 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 | 2019-03-22 | [Pakistani exporters strive to recapture Saudi rice market \| Arab News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60174-pakistani-exporters-strive-to-recapture-saudi-rice-market-arab-news.md) | -1.6% | -6.0% |

## Sources

- usarice.com: https://www.usarice.com/news-and-events/publications/usa-rice-daily/article/usa-rice-daily/2019/05/21/mexico-opens-rice-market-to-brazil

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