World’s Top Exporter of Rice

Worldwide rice exports by country totalled US$24.5 billion in 2020, up by an average 1.3% for all exporting countries compared to 2019 when overall rice shipments were valued at $24.2 billion.

The top 5 rice exporting countries (India, Thailand, Pakistan, United States, Vietnam) account for 71.4% of the total value for the internationally exported cereal.

Rice Exports by Country

India Export Trade Data Shows these 15 countries listed below exported the highest dollar value worth of rice during 2020.

  1. India: US$8 billion (32.6% of total rice exports)

  2. Thailand: $3.7 billion (15.1%)

  3. Pakistan: $2.1 billion (8.6%)

  4. United States: $1.9 billion (7.7%)

  5. Vietnam: $1.8 billion (7.4%)

  6. China: $916.6 million (3.7%)

  7. Myanmar: $773.2 million (3.2%)

  8. Italy: $715.2 million (2.9%)

  9. Brazil: $503.6 million (2.1%)

  10. Cambodia: $470.7 million (1.9%)

  11. Uruguay: $468.9 million (1.9%)

  12. Belgium: $357.3 million (1.5%)

  13. Netherlands: $299.4 million (1.2%)

  14. Paraguay: $295 million (1.2%)

  15. Guyana: $259.1 million (1.1%)

Combined, the above countries were responsible for 92.1% of globally exported rice by value in 2020.

Rice Exports by Advantages

The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for rice during 2020. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country’s rice exports and its import purchases for that same commodity.

  1. India: US$8 billion (net export surplus up 17.5% from 2019 to 2020)

  2. Thailand: $3.7 billion (down -12.4%)

  3. Pakistan: $2.1 billion (down -7.8%)

  4. Vietnam: $1.8 billion (down -26%)

  5. Myanmar: $771.3 million (down -1.1%)

  6. United States: $604.6 million (down -23.5%)

  7. Italy: $527.4 million (up 17.8%)

  8. Uruguay: $467.3 million (up 25.1%)

  9. Cambodia: $463.6 million (up 12.6%)

  10. Paraguay: $294.4 million (up 30.3%)

  11. Guyana: $259 million (up 55.7%)

  12. Argentina: $156.5 million (down -13.8%)

  13. Brazil: $127 million (up 3.4%)

  14. Spain: $83.4 million (up 17.2%)

  15. Greece: $44.5 million (up 15.1%)

Rice Export by Opportunities

The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for rice during 2020. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country’s rice import purchases and its exports for that same commodity.

  1. Saudi Arabia: -US$1.4 billion (net export deficit down -0.8% from 2019 to 2020)

  2. Iran: -$878.4 million (down -40.2%)

  3. Philippines: -$861.5 million (down -14.6%)

  4. Iraq: -$640.7 million (down -25.2%)

  5. Benin: -$635.9 million (up 11.5%)

  6. Malaysia: -$566.4 million (up 28.2%)

  7. United Arab Emirates: -$552.5 million (up 21.9%)

  8. China: -$542.7 million (up 178.6%)

  9. France: -$540.5 million (up 9.8%)

  10. United Kingdom: -$540.1 million (up 18.2%)

  11. South Africa: -$475.9 million (up 23.7%)

  12. Japan: -$444.7 million (up 2.4%)

  13. Mexico: -$427.8 million (up 53%)

  14. Canada: -$426.6 million (up 7.4%)

  15. Senegal: -$403.7 million (up 39.9%)

Rice Exporting Companies

Below are bulk rice-supplying conglomerates that dominate the worldwide grain trade (73% of the global market in 2003, according to OXFAM researchers). Shown within parenthesis is the country where the company is headquartered.

· Cargill (United States)

· Archer Daniels Midland (United States)

· Bunge (United States)

· Louis Dreyfus (France)

According to the global trading platform Alibaba, the following companies are also examples of rice-trading companies located in the country shown within parentheses.

· AEDI’ S.R.L. (Italy)

· Nakornton Rice Co., Ltd. (Thailand)

· Navdurga Rice Mill (India)

· PAK Rice Village (Pakistan)

· Sichuan Deyi Green Foods Group Co., Ltd. (China)

· Sunrise Foodstuff Joint Stock Company (Vietnam)

· Trade BEVAR S.A. (Brazil)

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