Rice map: ports and hubs
GrainsMap lists 24 ports and hubs that handle rice, in 17 countries across Europe, South America, North America, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia. Grades covered: Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica).
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By region
- Europe (3)
- South America (6)
- North America (5)
- Asia (9)
Grades
- Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) - Iberian and Italian japonica paddy rice - Carolino in Portugal and Spain. Quoted at the farm/first-buyer paddy stage, before husking and milling; milled Carolino trades far higher. Indica (Agulha) is a separate, cheaper market and is not covered by this grade.
Ports and hubs (24)
| Hub | Country | Type | Grades handled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) Santa Cruz de la Sierra Almost all of Bolivia's soybeans are grown in Santa Cruz department. Most of the crop is crushed locally; meal and oil leave by the Paraguay-Parana waterway towards Rosario and Uruguay, or by road and rail to the Andean countries. | Bolivia | Inland hub Crushing / transshipment | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Port of Rio Grande Rio Grande The southern grain gateway on the Lagoa dos Patos, serving Rio Grande do Sul. Handles soybeans and meal outbound, and is the natural outlet for the state’s rice and wheat belts. | Brazil | Seaport Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Changchun (Jilin) Changchun Capital of Jilin, at the centre of north-east China's maize belt and home to large maize processing industries. Surplus maize moves by rail to the Liaoning ports. | China | Inland hub Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Harbin (Heilongjiang) Harbin Capital of Heilongjiang, China's largest grain-producing province, with the country's largest soybean area plus major maize and japonica rice crops. Sinograin holds state reserves across the province; grain moves south by rail to Dalian. | China | Inland hub Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Port of Havana Havana Cuba's largest port. Cuba imports most of its wheat, maize, rice and soymeal; the state milling company has two flour mills in Havana. | Cuba | Seaport Import | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Port of Guayaquil Guayaquil Ecuador's principal port, handling its wheat and soymeal imports. | Ecuador | Seaport Import | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Port of Acajutla (El Salvador) Acajutla El Salvador's main port, on the Pacific. Its solid bulk imports are led by maize, soymeal, wheat and rice; the ALCASA terminal stores about 143,000 t in silos and warehouses. | El Salvador | Seaport Import | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Puerto Quetzal (Guatemala) Puerto San Jose Guatemala's Pacific port, where Terminal de Granos del Pacifico (Terpac) receives imported wheat, maize and soymeal for the country and its neighbours. | Guatemala | Seaport Import | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Deendayal Port (Kandla) Kandla India's top port for bulk farm commodities on the Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat. Loads wheat, rice, maize and soymeal for export, and imports edible oils and pulses. Wheat arrives by rail from Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh. | India | Seaport Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva) Navi Mumbai India's busiest container port, serving Mumbai. Grain moves in containers: basmati and other rice, and soymeal from the Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra crushers. | India | Seaport Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Khanna (Punjab) Khanna Khanna's grain mandi, in Ludhiana district, is widely described as Asia's largest grain market. In the April-May wheat procurement and the autumn paddy season, FCI and the Punjab state agencies buy here for India's central pool. | India | Inland hub Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Mundra Port (Gujarat) Mundra Adani's deep-water port on the Gulf of Kutch, India's largest commercial port by cargo. Bulk and container exports of rice, wheat, maize and millet, with rail links to the northern grain states. | India | Seaport Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Port of Kakinada Kakinada India's main rice export port, on the Andhra Pradesh coast, loading broken and non-basmati rice for Africa and Asia; recent data put it at over two-thirds of rice export volumes. Also ships maize. | India | Seaport Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Port of Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam Deep-water port on the Andhra Pradesh coast, handling rice and maize exports alongside Kakinada. | India | Seaport Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Vercelli Rice Hub (Piedmont) Vercelli Europe’s rice capital. The irrigated Vercelli-Novara paddies produce the bulk of the EU crop, and the local borsa merci sets the continental reference. | Italy | Inland hub Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Port of Corinto (Nicaragua) Corinto Nicaragua's largest port, on the Pacific, with a berth set up for grain and fertiliser. | Nicaragua | Seaport Import | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Kano (Dawanau Grain Market) Kano Dawanau International Grain Market, on the Kano-Katsina road, is described as Africa's largest grain market. Traders from Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Benin and Burkina Faso deal in maize, sorghum, millet, rice and soybeans here, and it sets reference prices for northern Nigeria. | Nigeria | Inland hub Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Port of Callao Callao Peru's main port, through which it imports most of its wheat and feed corn. | Peru | Seaport Import | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Beja Cereal & Rice Hub (Alentejo) Beja The Alentejo breadbasket. Dryland wheat on the rolling plains around Beja, with irrigated rice and maize drawn from the Sado, Mira and Alqueva perimeters feeding the Lisbon and Setubal mills. | Portugal | Inland hub Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Coimbra Cereal & Rice Hub (Baixo Mondego) Coimbra The Baixo Mondego floodplain, Portugal’s densest rice belt. Irrigated paddy and maize from the Mondego valley move the short distance to Aveiro and Leixoes, or south to the Lisbon milling cluster. | Portugal | Inland hub Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Nakhon Sawan (Central Thailand) Nakhon Sawan Where the Ping and Nan rivers join to form the Chao Phraya; Thailand's leading up-country rice centre, with more rice mills than any other province. Milled rice moves down to Bangkok and Laem Chabang. | Thailand | River port Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Port of West Sacramento West Sacramento Deep-water channel port in California's Sacramento Valley whose main export is rice, from the surrounding medium-grain rice district. | United States | River port Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Port of Montevideo Montevideo Uruguay's main seaport, handling grain and oilseed exports. | Uruguay | Seaport Export | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |
| Puerto Cabello Puerto Cabello Venezuela's main port and the entry point for most of its imported wheat, maize and soybeans, close to the flour mills and feed plants of Carabobo and the central region. | Venezuela | Seaport Import | Paddy Rice (Carolino, Japonica) |