Costa Rica: Costa Rica Rice Situation Update

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   CS2023-0010

U.S. rough rice exports have plummeted and the decline of Costa Rican rice production has accelerated sharply following the Government of Costa Rica’s August 2022 tariff rate reduction on imported rice from all origins. FAS/San Jose projects local marketing year 2023/24 production to drop to 65,000 metric tons, a nearly 60 percent drop from marketing year marketing year 2021/22.

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