date:Apr 01, 2014
hly 30 per cent of the rice in the country, could lead to a 30-40 per cent decrease in rice production equal to approximately 270,000 tons of rice.
Uruguay typically supplies about 80 per cent of Peru's rice, despite a $170/ton premium over Thai rice; Argentina, Brazil, and Thailand fill in the lion's share. USA Rice Federation representatives in country report that over the last few months, Peru has started to look to other rice exporting markets such as the US, and they have begun importing U