One of the largest private importers of rice in China recently bought rice from the United States for the first time ever, according to a statement from Sun Valley Rice, the U.S. company that secured the Chinese contract.
The Chinese importer bought two containers of medium-grain rice from the California-based company during the week of June 23 in the midst of a trade war between Beijing and Washington. President Donald Trump said on July 1 that China agreed to buy agricultural products from the United States, but it isn’t clear if the rice sale is part of that concession.
