Top Ten US Rice Export Destinations
	1996/97		1997/98		1998/99		1999/00		2000/01
	Country	Exports	Country	Exports	Country	Exports	Country	Exports	Country	Exports
Rank	1,000 metric tons
1	Mexico	266.8	Mexico	318.9	Brazil	398.0	Mexico	373.0	Mexico	403.5
2	Turkey	227.6	Japan	249.7	Japan	298.3	Japan	282.9	Japan	339.0
3	Japan	220.5	Colombia	207.1	Mexico	250.0	Turkey	212.8	Canada	183.9
4	Canada	165.2	Haiti	178.7	Haiti	222.5	Haiti	200.6	Haiti	174.9
5	Saudi Arabia	160.3	Canada	172.8	Canada	171.7	Canada	179.6	Saudi Arabia	148.4
6	Haiti	146.6	Saudi Arabia	121.3	Peru	119.3	Saudi Arabia	154.3	Turkey	138.0
7	South Africa	119.2	Peru	119.8	Saudi Arabia	106.4	UK	125.9	UK	104.8
8	UK	101.9	Ecuador	112.6	UK	102.7	Ghkana	81.3	Philippines	104.7
9	Jordan	87.9	Dom. Rep.	108.7	Turkey	89.3	South Africa	75.0	Ghana	80.8
10	Switzerland	79.6	Turkey	101.3	South Aftica	81.2	Philippines	72.2	Honduras	69.6
	Sub-total	1575.6		1690.9		1839.4		1757.6		1747.6
	Total exports	2495.7		2800.0		2757.8		2825.4		2633.4
Source: Rice Situation and Outlook Yearbook/RCS-2001/Nov. 2001