Haiti Rice Import: More than 80 percent of the rice consumption is imported

PHOTO: Haitian man taking a nap with a bag of rice under his head

Over the past 25 years, local Haitian rice production has declined by 32 percent, the annual importation average of rice has grown 28 percent, and the national consumption or rice has increased on an average rate of 5% per year.

80% of all the rice consumed in Haiti comes from the United States. Did you know that?

The Haitian rice market is shared between these importers:

• Du riz Mega
• Du riz Tchako
• Du riz Jumbo
• Du riz Bongou
• Du riz Miami
• Du riz Bull

Read more from an article, in french, published by Le Nouvelliste

Also note: There used to be a 50 percent import tariff imposed on rice back in the late 1980s. By 1995 that tariff was reduced to only 3 percent sending the importation of rice to Haiti through the roof.

Despite all this, rice production is the breadwinner of tens of thousands of planters, farm-workers and resellers and more in the Artibonite region of Haiti.

Care to know what kind of jobs the importation of rice brings to Haiti?

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Read more: Import Export in Haiti, Rice fields in Haiti, Rice Production in Haiti, American Rice in Haiti, Food Prices in Haiti, Business

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