USDA rice export sales highlights in latest reporting week: Net sales of 50,000 MT were 16 percent above the previous week, but 17 percent below the prior 4-week average. Increases were reported for Mexico (15,800 MT), Japan (13,600 MT), Honduras (5,100 MT), Canada (4,200 MT), and Taiwan (2,700 MT).
Exports of 97,600 MT were 20 percent above the previous week and 16 percent over the prior 4-week average. The primary destinations were Mexico (29,500 MT), South Korea (22,200 MT), Japan (13,100 MT), Jamaica (8,000 MT), Canada (7,500 MT), and Haiti (6,200 MT).