# US rice farmers wary about Vietnam’s incursion into Mexican market | 2017-04-26 | Agri-Pulse | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> Mexico opened a 150,000 metric-ton tariff rate quota for rice imports from countries without a free trade agreement, published March 1, 2017. This lets Vietnam ship rice without the usual 20 percent tariff. Vietnam exports over 5.5 million tons annually and is expected to reach about 6 million tons this year.

- Date: 2017-04-26 · published 2017-04-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8721-us-rice-farmers-wary-about-vietnam-s-incursion-into-mexican-market-2017-04-26
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Cheaper Vietnamese rice entering Mexico threatens U.S. long grain export share, which is bearish for U.S. rice prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2023-01-18 | [US rice farmers are losing Mexico, their largest foreign market \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37850-us-rice-farmers-are-losing-mexico-their-largest-foreign-market-agri-pulse.md) | +1.6% | -1.3% |
| RICE | 2017-10-25 | [Mexican grain buyers haven’t given up on the US … yet \| 2017-10-25 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68430-mexican-grain-buyers-haven-t-given-up-on-the-us-yet-2017-10-25-agri-pulse-agri.md) | -2.7% | +6.3% |
| RICE | 2019-05-23 | [Farm groups cheer aid, but want end to trade war \| 2019-05-23 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59177-farm-groups-cheer-aid-but-want-end-to-trade-war-2019-05-23-agri-pulse-agri.md) | +2.9% | -1.0% |
| RICE | 2025-09-30 | [Vietnam’s rice market – September 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22944-vietnam-s-rice-market-september-2025.md) | -2.9% | -9.5% |
| RICE | 2019-08-22 | [Vietnam’s rice exports exceed 3.1 billion USD amid diverging markets - VCCI - Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57676-vietnam-s-rice-exports-exceed-3-1-billion-usd-amid-diverging-markets-vcci.md) | +3.9% | +13.3% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/9188-us-rice-farmers-wary-about-vietnams-incursion-into-mexican-market

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