While U.S. wheat and corn futures climbed around 50 percent in 2010 on adverse weather in key producing regions, the benchmark Thai rice dropped 13 percent during the year, with sufficient supplies to meet the global demand.
The top ten rice exporting countries are as follows.
All figures are in thousand metric tons.
Country | 2010* |
Thailand | 8,500 |
Vietnam | 6,500 |
Pakistan | 3,800 |
India | 2,200 |
Cambodia | 850 |
Uruguay | 700 |
China | 600 |
Egypt | 600 |
Argentina | 500 |
Brazil | 400 |
The top ten rice importing countries are as follows.
Country | 2010* |
Philippines | 2,600 |
Nigeria | 1,700 |
Iran | 1,150 |
Saudi Arabia | 1,100 |
Iraq | 1,100 |
Malaysia | 1,020 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 860 |
South Africa | 800 |
Indonesia | 800 |
Brazil | 800 |
(Reuters)