NAFTA AGRICULTURE FACT SHEET:
Rice

TREATMENT OF TARIFFS:

• The United States isl eliminating its tariffs on rice imports from Mexico over a 10-year period.
• Mexico's tariffs of 10 percent for U.S. rough rice and 20 percent for U.S. refined rice are also being phased out over a 10-year period. For 1998, the Mexican tariffs are 4 percent for rough and broken rice and 10 percent for brown and milled rice.

TREATMENT OF QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS:

• There are no quantitative restrictions affecting U.S.-Mexico trade in rice.

U.S. Rice Trade with Mexico

*Value in $1,000; volume in metric tons.

Last modified: Friday, November 18, 2005