Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance
Date of this Version
4-18-1975
Document Type
Article
Citation
U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary
Abstract
From the very beginning, rice in the United States has been an export crop. History shows that the development of the U.S. rice industry started in about 1964, and by 1698 sufficient rice was being produced to warrant an effort to export it.
That same year a petition was drawn up in South Caroline where the rice was being produced to get the English to drop their import tariffs on colony-produced rice. Two years later about 300 tons were shipped to England.
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