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Spot light Rice
World
Rice Trade
Export
According to the USDA, Thailand is projected to remain the
world's top rice exporter for the year 2001, with
approximately 6.7 million metric tons.
Following closely
behind is Vietnam at 4 million metric tons, while the United
States is ranked third with 2.65 million metric tons.
Pakistan
is quickly gaining more exports share, with 2.25 million
metric tons projected for the end of 2001. China and India, on
the other hand, have slowed down their pace with 1.8 and 0.8
million metric tons.
In 2002, Thailand will continue to stay on top at a
predicted 6.7 million metric tons. Following closely behind is
still Vietnam at 4.3 million metric tons. The United States
remain unchanged at 2.65 million metric tons.
Pakistan and
India will likely reduce their exports volume to 2 and 1
million metric tons, respectively, while China's estimate is
expected to increase to 2 million metric tons.
The total world
export volume will decline slightly from 22.255 to 22.139
million metric tons from 2001 to 2002, a significant decline
from 1999 at 25.062 million metric tons.
Trend in World Rice Import (1998 - 2002)
Units in Thousand metric tons
| Imports |
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
(Aug 10)
|
2002
(Aug 10) |
| Indonesia |
6,081
|
3,900
|
1,500
|
1,300
|
1,600 |
| Iran |
500
|
1,000
|
1,100
|
1,000
|
1,250 |
| Nigeria |
900
|
950
|
1,200
|
1,000
|
900 |
| Iraq |
610
|
781
|
1,274
|
1,000
|
1,000 |
| Saudi
Arabia |
775
|
750
|
992
|
950
|
875 |
| Philippines |
2,187
|
1,000
|
900
|
850
|
700 |
| EU |
787
|
775
|
852
|
800
|
800 |
| Japan |
479
|
633
|
656
|
700
|
700 |
| Senegal |
600
|
700
|
700
|
730
|
725 |
| Malaysia |
593
|
633
|
596
|
600
|
600 |
| Cote
d"Ivoire |
520
|
600
|
550
|
575
|
550 |
| South
Africa |
525
|
595
|
525
|
550
|
550 |
| Brazil |
1,457
|
778
|
612
|
500
|
500 |
| Others |
2,893
|
3,538
|
4,215
|
4,206
|
4,134 |
| World
Total |
27,270
|
25,062
|
22,872
|
22,255
|
22,139 |
Source: USDA, Foreight Agricultural Service (FAS), Aug 2001.
Import
Currently, Indonesia is the world's number 1 rice importer,
with approximately 1.3 million metric tons. In the year 2002,
Indonesia is projected to increase rice import to 1.6 million
metric tons.
This increase, however, is still a significant
reduction from the 3.9 million metric tons that Indonesia had
imported in 1999. Trailing behind are Iran, Nigeria, and Iraq
with 1 million metric tons each in 2001.
In 2202, Nigeria's
imports is projected to decline to 0.9 million, while Iran's
estimate is up to 1.25 million metric tons. The trend toward
rice imports is spiraling downward, despite the slight
increases in some countries.
Trend in World Rice Import (1998 - 2002)
Units in Thousand metric tons
| Imports |
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
(Aug 10)
|
2002
(Aug 10) |
| Indonesia |
6,081
|
3,900
|
1,500
|
1,300
|
1,600 |
| Iran |
500
|
1,000
|
1,100
|
1,000
|
1,250 |
| Nigeria |
900
|
950
|
1,200
|
1,000
|
900 |
| Iraq |
610
|
781
|
1,274
|
1,000
|
1,000 |
| Saudi
Arabia |
775
|
750
|
992
|
950
|
875 |
| Philippines |
2,187
|
1,000
|
900
|
850
|
700 |
| EU |
787
|
775
|
852
|
800
|
800 |
| Japan |
479
|
633
|
656
|
700
|
700 |
| Senegal |
600
|
700
|
700
|
730
|
725 |
| Malaysia |
593
|
633
|
596
|
600
|
600 |
| Cote
d"Ivoire |
520
|
600
|
550
|
575
|
550 |
| South
Africa |
525
|
595
|
525
|
550
|
550 |
| Brazil |
1,457
|
778
|
612
|
500
|
500 |
| Others |
2,893
|
3,538
|
4,215
|
4,206
|
4,134 |
| World
Total |
27,270
|
25,062
|
22,872
|
22,255
|
22,139 |
Source: USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), 14 August
2000)
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