# Vietnam, Pakistan, and Burma expected to drive global rice exports upward in 2018 | Economic Research Service

> USDA's Economic Research Service projects global rice trade to rise 1% to 42.3 million tonnes in 2018, the third-highest on record. Vietnam's exports are forecast to rise 400,000 tonnes to 6.0 million, Pakistan's and Burma's are also up, while India's are expected to fall 500,000 tonnes and US exports to drop 50,000 tonnes.

- Date: 2017-07-13 · published 2017-07-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70030-vietnam-pakistan-and-burma-expected-to-drive-global-rice-exports-upward-in-2018
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Larger exports from Vietnam, Pakistan and Burma add global supply, while lower Indian and US shipments tighten those origins, a mixed outlook for rice prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2020-03-30 | [U.S rice imports in 2019 are projected at a record high for third consecutive year \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54209-u-s-rice-imports-in-2019-are-projected-at-a-record-high-for-third-consecutive.md) | +4.2% | +21.5% |
| RICE | 2023-02-10 | [Rice Outlook: February 2023 \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37404-rice-outlook-february-2023-economic-research-service.md) | -3.1% | -11.5% |
| RICE | 2025-11-11 | [India’s lifting of rice export ban helped cool global food prices, says WTO \| Today News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21916-india-s-lifting-of-rice-export-ban-helped-cool-global-food-prices-says-wto.md) | +3.1% | -0.3% |
| RICE | 2023-03-03 | [Global cereal stocks falling in 2022/23; early prospects point to a decline in wheat production in 2023 – FAO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12656-global-cereal-stocks-falling-in-2022-23-early-prospects-point-to-a-decline-in.md) | -7.1% | +2.1% |
| RICE | 2019-01-24 | [Report on Political Economy of Rice Trade between India, Bangladesh, Nepal Released](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61069-report-on-political-economy-of-rice-trade-between-india-bangladesh-nepal.md) | -1.2% | -5.1% |

## Sources

- ers.usda.gov: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/charts-of-note/chart-detail?chartId=84249

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