![]() ![]() The 15.38 per cent decrease in the importation of rice in Nigeria from 2017 to 2018 is an indication that local paddy production as well as milled is on the increase. With rice importation amounting to 2.2 million metric tons, Nigeria is currently the 3 rd largest importer of rice worldwide. Philippines with 2.3 million metric tons overtook Nigeria as the 2 nd largest rice importing country as the quantity it imported increased by 76.9 per cent from 1.3 million metric tons in 2017. Vietnam, Thailand, and Pakistan are the major exporters to China with 45.8 per cent, 26.3 per cent, and 19.9 per cent shares out of the total rice imports in the country. Although China is the world’s largest rice producing country in the world, it still has to import rice due to the high consumption rate by her citizens. The top five rice exporters in the world: India, Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan and the US alone represent 77 per cent of the overall world trade in rice in 2018.Ĭhina is the largest importer of rice again in 2018, importing 4.5 million metric tons with 18.18 per cent decrease in importation from 2017. China, Cambodia and Brazil exported 1.9 million metric tons, 1.3 million metric tons and 850 thousand metric tons of rice respectively while Uruguay stood as the 10 th rice exporting countries worldwide with 0.81 million metric tons within the same period. Although, the United States’ rice export was down by 3.03 per cent in 2018, it jumped to the 5 th position from the 6 th position it was in 2017 to 3.2 million metric tons, while Myanmar dropped further by 9.09 per cent to 3 million metric tons as the 6 th world exporter of rice in 2018. ![]()
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