Rice Outlook: April 2018

Overview

The April 2018 Outlook Report contains the latest U.S. and global supply, use, and price estimates and projections from USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.

Errata: On April 18, 2018, the April Rice Outlook report was reposted to correct the following errors. Global rice trade reported on page 6 was corrected as 48.6 million tons, and the 2018 global import forecast reported on page 7 was corrected to read 48.6 million tons (estimates previously reported were for the marketing year rather than calendar year). Vietnam’s quoted price on page 10 was corrected to $430 per ton.