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Who buys the United States’ rice? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $2.5 billion of rice (3.7 million tonnes), 6.5% of the world total. Its main destinations were Mexico (16%), Japan (13%) and Haiti (11%). The United States was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of rice.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
3.7million tonnes
Share of world total
6.5%
World rank
5th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Mexico392Tonnes: 798,149USD per tonne: $49115.5%Sea
Japan335Tonnes: 346,256USD per tonne: $96713.3%Sea
Haiti268Tonnes: 354,744USD per tonne: $75510.6%Sea
South Korea210Tonnes: 213,685USD per tonne: $9818.3%Sea
Canada171Tonnes: 207,828USD per tonne: $8216.8%Sea
Saudi Arabia135Tonnes: 110,604USD per tonne: $1,2185.3%Sea
Honduras111Tonnes: 241,167USD per tonne: $4604.4%Sea
Nicaragua101Tonnes: 184,097USD per tonne: $5494%Sea
Iraq85.5Tonnes: 131,501USD per tonne: $6503.4%Sea
Colombia82.2Tonnes: 165,197USD per tonne: $4983.3%Sea
Venezuela81.9Tonnes: 169,409USD per tonne: $4833.2%Sea
Guatemala66.3Tonnes: 134,743USD per tonne: $4922.6%Sea
Jordan59.4Tonnes: 69,224USD per tonne: $8582.4%Sea
Dominican Republic56.4Tonnes: 63,504USD per tonne: $8892.2%Sea
Panama53.1Tonnes: 95,343USD per tonne: $5572.1%Sea
Taiwan51.9Tonnes: 45,350USD per tonne: $1,1442.1%Sea
El Salvador34.9Tonnes: 71,297USD per tonne: $4901.4%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire22.3Tonnes: 29,260USD per tonne: $7630.88%Sea
Turkey16.1Tonnes: 28,694USD per tonne: $5600.64%Sea
United Kingdom14.8Tonnes: 15,211USD per tonne: $9700.58%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Mexico has been its main destination since 2024

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Mexico 392
  • Japan 335
  • Haiti 268
  • South Korea 210
  • Canada 171

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Mexico77.5392
Japan5.4335
Haiti58.4268
South Korea0.04210
Canada60.3171

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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