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

  • ITP-TPP 12 Trade Ministers-151005 Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement Reached

    Oct 05, 2015

    Trade Ministers from 12 countries, including the United States, announced in Atlanta this morning the conclusion of trade negotiations under the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). Full story
  • IP-El Nino Takes Its Toll, Graph-151001 U.S. Rice Responds as El Niño Takes Its Toll in Central and South America

    Oct 01, 2015

    This is the second year in a row the Southern Hemisphere’s cereal harvest has been negatively affected by severe dry weather related to El Niño and some are saying it’s the worst in the past 18 years. El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua have begun distributing agricultural aid packages to hundreds of thousands of farmers to support them in the second planting season. Full story
  • ITP- US Announces New Steps Towards Normalizing Relations with Cuba 150918 U.S. Announces New Steps Towards Normalizing Relations with Cuba

    Sep 18, 2015

    Today the Obama Administration announced a set of new rules that will further normalize relations between the United States and Cuba. These regulatory changes include easing restrictions on authorized travel, and allowing U.S. companies to establish offices in Cuba. Full story