We support trade agreements that provide commercially meaningful and significant improvements in market access for U.S. rice while maintaining the appropriate safety net for U.S. producers that include equal market access for all types and forms of rice.

The Market Access Program (MAP), Foreign Market Development (FMD) Program, and the Agricultural Trade Promotion Program (ATP) help the rice industry open foreign markets and promote our products abroad and have a proven track record of success in more than 30 overseas markets.  Learn more about our key export markets here. 
 

Recent News

  • USA Rice-Japan Academics Discuss Farm Policy Challenges

    Sep 26, 2016

    Two agriculture policy specialists from Japan’s Ibaraki University, Drs. Kunio Nishikawa and Katsutoshi Ohnaka, visted USA Rice’s office last week to review farm policy developments in Japan and the United States. They were joined by Mr. Takeshi Nakamura of JA-ZENCHU, the central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives and Japan’s largest farm cooperative. Full story
  • U.S. Government Taking China to Task on Trade Distorting Policies

    Sep 13, 2016

    USA Rice President and CEO Betsy Ward attended a press conference here today where the Obama Administration announced plans to launch a trade enforcement action against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) challenging trade-distorting domestic supports for three key crops: corn, wheat, and rice. Full story
  • 2017 Tender Schedule for Colombia Announced

    Aug 15, 2016

    Earlier this month the COL-RICE board adopted a schedule for open tenders for 2017 in connection with U.S. rice exports to Colombia. Full story