The U.S. Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) amended its 18 December domestic tender. The initial volume requested included 270 MTS of U.S. #2, 7% broken long grain white rice destined for Guatemala...

The USDA has raised its forecast for 2018/19 global milled rice production in its latest WASDE report by 400,000 MTS to 491.1 million MTS. Increased forecasts of Nigerian and Nepalese production is...

The LRI understands that Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture awarded the full 18,100 MTS of medium/short grain brown rice in its 11 December U.S. Country Specific Quota re-tender. Shipment is required...

The U.S. Kansas City Commodity Office has awarded the full 2,040 MTS in its 6 December domestic tender. Beaumont Rice Mills was awarded 810 MTS of U.S. #5, 20% broken fortified long grain white rice...

The U.S. Kansas City Commodity Office will hold a domestic tender for 4,820 MTS of rice on 18 December. Of this volume, 270 MTS will comprise U.S. #2, 7% broken long grain white rice destined for...

Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (CoA) did not make any awards in its 29 November re-tender for 18,000 MTS of brown medium grain under the U.S. Country Specific Quota as offers were above the...

Taiwan's Council of Agriculture will hold a normal tender for a total of 18,134 MTS of medium/short grain brown rice under the U.S. Country Specific Quota on 7 December. Shipment is required from 8...

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has awarded a total of 10,963 MTS out of a possible 25,000 MTS in its 30 November Simultaneous-Buy-Sell tender. Please see the table below for...

The U.S. Kansas City Commodity Office has awarded the full 4,030 MTS in its 27 November domestic tender. Colorado County Rice Mill was awarded 450 MTS of U.S. #2, 7% broken long grain white rice at a...

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has awarded the full 60,000 MTS in its 29 November Minimum Access tender. Please see the table below for more details.

The U.S. Kansas City Commodity Office will hold a domestic tender for 2,040 MTS of rice on 6 December. Of this volume, 810 MTS will comprise U.S. #5, 20% broken long grain white rice destined for...

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) will hold a Minimum Access tender for a total of 60,000 MTS on 29 November. Please see the table below for more details.

According to the USDA, U.S. long grain paddy exports in the 2018/19 marketing year (1 August – 31 July) totalled 361,700 MTS as of 8 November 2018, up by 13.4% year-on-year. Mexico imported the...

The U.S. Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) will hold a domestic tender for a total of 4,030 MTS on 27 November. Of this volume, 2,680 MTS will comprise U.S. #2, 7% broken long grain white rice...

The Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas (AARQ) announced its next tranche of Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) licences to export U.S. rice into the E.U. A total of 9,681 MTS of semi-milled or...

The LRI understands that Californian mills and paddy fields have not been damaged by the ongoing fires in northern California. However, many industry members have lost their homes and properties. The...

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has awarded the full 42,839 MTS in its 9 November Minimum Access tender. Please see the table below for more details.

The USDA has raised its forecast for 2018/19 global milled rice supply by 17.7 million MTS to 651.4 million MTS in its latest WASDE report due to higher prospects for Chinese ending stocks and...

The U.S. government reimposed further economic sanctions on Iran yesterday (4 November). U.S. President Trump has cited alleged cyber attacks, ballistic missile tests and support for violent...

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) will hold a Minimum Access tender for a total of 42,839 MTS on 9 November. Please see the table below for more details.

Central American imports between January – June 2018 totalled 373,000 MTS, up by 23.5% year-on-year, according to local reports. The imports are valued at US $163 million MTS (+56.7%); of this...

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has awarded a total of 4,373 MTS out of a possible 25,000 MTS in its 26 October Simultaneous-Buy-Sell tender. Please see the table below for...

The U.S. Kansas City Commodity Office has awarded the full 370 MTS in its 23 October domestic tender. Colorado County Rice Mill was awarded 270 MTS of U.S. #2, 7% broken long grain white rice at a...

Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (CoA) purchased 3,000 MTS of U.S. milled rice from four companies at a price of TWD 5.022 per kg (US $162 PMT) in its 9 October Simultaneous-Buy-Sell tender,...

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has awarded the full 60,000 MTS in its 19 October Minimum Access tender. Please see the table below for more details.

Col-Rice has awarded the full 15,881 MTS of Tariff Rate Quota import licences in its 11 October auction. The lowest winning bid was US $126.11 PMT (up from US $82.51 PMT in its 7 June auction) and...

U.S. paddy, milled and brown rice exports in the 2018/19 marketing year (August – July) totalled 450,970 MTS as of 4 October, up by 10.6% year-on-year, according to the USDA. Mexico imported the...

The U.S. Kansas City Commodity office has amended the date of its 16 October domestic tender, which will now be held on 23 October. Please click here for more details.

The U.S. Kansas Commodity Office will hold a domestic tender for a total of 370 MTS on 16 October. Of this volume, 270 MTS will comprise U.S. #2, 7% broken long grain white rice and 100 MTS will...

The U.S. Kansas City Commodity Office has awarded the full 300 MTS of U.S. #2, 7% broken fortified long grain white rice in its 2 October domestic tender. Supreme Rice was awarded the volume at a...

The LRI understands that the Iraqi Ministry of Trade (MoT) has purchased 90,000 MTS of U.S. rice under the countries’ Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoT purchased 60,000 MTS from ADM for...