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 and Mexican Rice Council Talk TPP

    Apr 24, 2015

    As Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations enter their final stages and market realities come into sharper focus, USA Rice met yesterday with Ricardo Mendoza from the Mexican Rice Council and Norberto Ugalde of Mexico's National Council of Agriculture and Fisheries to discuss areas of mutual interest and concern. Mendoza and Ugalde are in the U.S. participating in discussions on the TPP and negotiating on behalf of Mexican agriculture and rice. Full story
  • Back in Business: U.S. Rice Returns to U.K. Retail Shelves

    Apr 23, 2015

    In a major victory for the rice industry, U.S. rice has reemerged on mainstream UK retail shelves for the first time since 2006. Full story
  • Riceland's Harris Testifies Before Senate on Cuban Trade

    Apr 21, 2015

    The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry held a hearing today entitled, "Opportunities and Challenges for Agricultural Trade with Cuba,"and given the Cuban taste for rice, U.S. rice was front and center. Full story