Vietnam's rice exports In Mexico
Vietnam's rice exports In Mexico
Date 24/02/2015
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Mexico ranked 34th out of 100 countries, rice production in the world, however the country still has to import 75% of rice needs, including Vietnam's rice.
Mexico tends to reduce domestic rice production, leading to reduced growth rate of 2.3% per annum, from 367,000 tonnes production in 1995, 291 100 tonnes down on 2005. By 2013, production of rice production domestically only 180,000 tonnes. Paddy is cultivated in four states focusing Central Coast - South of Mexco: Nayarit (20%), Campeche (19%), Veracuruz (15%) and Michoacan (14%). Mexico has two main rice crop: Autumn - Winter and Spring - Summer. For actively cultivated paddy irrigation, yields ranged from 7-10 tons / ha. For natural cultivated rice, not watered, low output was only of 2 - 4.5 tons / ha.
On demand of the Mexican market rice, 1 million 200 thousand average tons per year, with a value of 5,400 million pesos (approximately US $ 432 million), 90% of domestic rice consumption is imported, in the This 75% is imported in the form of paddy for milling, 25% is imported white rice. Mexcio Mexico average rice consumption is 6 kg / person / year. Market demand consumed 90% of Mexico's 5% broken long grain rice (imported), 9% is coarse grained (domestic production) and 1% is Rice Morelos.
