# China at center of global rice trade - Texas Farm Bureau

> A USDA Foreign Agricultural Service economist says China has become a major rice importer and an emerging exporter. Chinese exports have resumed to Africa, supplied partly by auctions of aged state reserve stocks.

- Date: 2018-03-23 · published 2018-03-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66072-china-at-center-of-global-rice-trade-texas-farm-bureau
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Chinese re-entry into African markets and reserve auctions add supply that partly offsets Thailand's pullback from low-priced exports.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2019-06-12 | [USA Rice Talks Trade in Louisiana — Louisiana Farm Bureau News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58662-usa-rice-talks-trade-in-louisiana-louisiana-farm-bureau-news.md) | -0.1% | +0.7% |
| RICE | 2017-09-13 | [U.S. requests WTO investigation of Chinese tariffs - Texas Farm Bureau](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68855-u-s-requests-wto-investigation-of-chinese-tariffs-texas-farm-bureau.md) | +0.7% | -5.3% |
| RICE | 2020-02-13 | [Louisiana Rice Farmers hear optimistic Trade Outlook — Louisiana Farm Bureau News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54675-louisiana-rice-farmers-hear-optimistic-trade-outlook-louisiana-farm-bureau-news.md) | +0.3% | -1.8% |
| RICE | 2017-11-29 | [Rice Exports Still Lag — Louisiana Farm Bureau News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68057-rice-exports-still-lag-louisiana-farm-bureau-news.md) | +0.2% | -4.2% |
| 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

- texasfarmbureau.org: https://texasfarmbureau.org/china-center-global-rice-trade/

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