This document lists the top importers of rice from 2016-2020. It shows that the world imported over 38 million tons of rice in 2016, rising to over 45 million tons in 2018. The top importers of rice were China, Benin, Indonesia, Côte d'Ivoire, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, and Mexico. No import data was available for 2019 and 2020.
This document lists the top importers of rice from 2016-2020. It shows that the world imported over 38 million tons of rice in 2016, rising to over 45 million tons in 2018. The top importers of rice were China, Benin, Indonesia, Côte d'Ivoire, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, and Mexico. No import data was available for 2019 and 2020.
This document lists the top importers of rice from 2016-2020. It shows that the world imported over 38 million tons of rice in 2016, rising to over 45 million tons in 2018. The top importers of rice were China, Benin, Indonesia, Côte d'Ivoire, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, and Mexico. No import data was available for 2019 and 2020.
Sources: ITC calculations based on UN COMTRADE and ITC statistics. The world aggregation represents the sum of reporting and non reporting countries Data based on the partner reported data (Mirror data) are shown in orange The quantities shown in dark green are estimated by ITC. For further information, please refer to the ITC explanatory note. The quantities shown in light green are estimated by UNSD. For further information, please refer to the UNSD explanatory note. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Importers Imported Imported Imported Imported Imported quantity, Tons quantity, Tons quantity, Tons quantity, Tons quantity, Tons World 38,606,932 43,781,114 45,584,349 No Quantity - China 3,534,688 3,992,155 3,029,190 2,489,241 - Benin 1,504,769 1,958,901 1,694,157 1,528,490 - Indonesia 1,283,179 305,729 2,253,824 444,638 - Côte d'Ivoire 1,275,334 1,341,847 1,496,849 1,342,109 - United Arab Emirates 1,208,830 975,758 848,984 677,631 - Saudi Arabia 1,143,690 1,117,421 1,293,365 1,403,915 - Senegal 973,759 1,180,542 1,284,836 892,451 - South Africa 956,419 1,073,666 1,075,287 967,301 - Mexico 929,482 1,182,217 1,011,818 No Quantity - Iraq 923,762 871,776 1,114,666 1,248,660 - Mozambique 850,513 297,328 312,608 403,610 - Iran, Islamic Republic - 840,912 1,293,737 1,615,192 1,598,833 of 88,Romania 54,598 43,575 60,958 70,862 -