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USA Rice met with Central American rice federation FECARROZ to discuss trade collaboration. CAFTA-DR is the second-largest export market for US rice, taking more than 500,000 MT worth $170 million in 2017.
The newsletter also cites the June WASDE report.
The event is a relationship-building meeting with no new trade volume or policy change. It has little effect on rice prices or feed supply.
After 70 past neutral trade events, Rough Rice moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.9%), and +1.3% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.