European Brown Rice Imports Surge to Record High
Aug 30, 2021
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In 2020, European imports of husked brown rice jumped nearly by +6% y-o-y to 1.1M tons, reaching the highest level over the past decade. Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Poland were the largest brown rice importers, constituting more than two-thirds of total imports in the EU. Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands featured the highest growth rates regarding the volume of brown rice purchases among the key importers. Last year, total rice imports in the EU grew by +10% y-o-y to 3.5M tons.