Brazil exported 21.000 tons (US$ 6.4 million) rice into Haiti in 2006
Brazil Buys Half of All Rice Exported by Argentina
Thursday, 04 January 2007
Argentina in the first ten months of 2006 exported 376.000 tons of rice valued at US$ 98 million, half of which to Mercosur partner Brazil, which is also its main trading partner.
SENASA, Argentina's phytosanitary watchdog said in a report that Brazil, among the world's leading ten economies, purchased 194.000 tons of Argentine rice for US$ 48 million.
Uruguay another leading exporter of top quality rice is a significant supplier of Brazil.
Argentine exports in January-October 2006 exceeded those of the whole 2005, when 360.000 tons equivalent to US$ 88 million were shipped overseas.
In January-October 2005 Argentina exported 293.000 tons for US$ 72 million, a 28% increase in volume and 36% increase in revenue, reports SENASA.
Chile, an associate member of Mercosur, was the second-largest buyer of Argentine rice, with 77.000 tons valued at US$ 20 million.
Other large buyers in the first ten months of 2006 were Iraq (31.000 tons for US$ 10 million),
Haiti (21.000 tons for US$ 6.4 million)and Senegal (14.700 tons for US$ 3 million).
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Brazil exported 21.000 tons (US$ 6.4 million) rice into Haiti in 2006
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