| ARROZ BLANCO | Importaciones (en milles de toneladas) | |||||||||
| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Mundo | 12.267 | 19.733 | 24.448 | 27.856 | 27.575 | 27.184 | 29.009 | 28.957 | 29.693 | 29.402 |
| América Latina | 1.549 | 1.998 | 1.857 | 1.766 | 2.401 | 2.109 | 2.047 | 2.165 | 2.400 | 2.475 |
| Sudamérica | 1.256 | 1.472 | 1.079 | 764 | 1.449 | 1.111 | 966 | 1.077 | 1.300 | 1.350 |
| Centro América | 293 | 526 | 778 | 1.002 | 952 | 998 | 1.081 | 1.088 | 1.100 | 1.125 |
| Caribe | 500 | 677 | 882 | 918 | 820 | 1.084 | 1.213 | 1.209 | 1.205 | 1.155 |
| Sudamérica | Importaciones (en milles de toneladas) | |||||||||
| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Argentina | 1 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Bolivia | 0 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Brasil | 788 | 792 | 670 | 554 | 1 | 762 | 547 | 691 | 800 | 900 |
| Chile | 54 | 46 | 97 | 93 | 153 | 83 | 117 | 116 | 100 | 100 |
| Colombia | 45 | 167 | 163 | 31 | 75 | 58 | 92 | 177 | 200 | 160 |
| Ecuador | 16 | 0 | 50 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| Guyana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 0 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Peru | 340 | 422 | 62 | 33 | 32 | 88 | 125 | 31 | 80 | 70 |
| Suriname | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 80 | 40 | 40 | 80 | 60 |
| Centro América | Importaciones (en milles de toneladas) | |||||||||
| Costa Rica | 0 | 85 | 41 | 88 | 95 | 136 | 106 | 111 | 100 | 100 |
| El Salvador | 25 | 29 | 78 | 85 | 74 | 51 | 69 | 83 | 75 | 75 |
| Guatemala | 17 | 20 | 35 | 51 | 44 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 60 | 60 |
| Honduras | 43 | 31 | 97 | 105 | 88 | 102 | 116 | 124 | 100 | 100 |
| Mexico | 173 | 307 | 388 | 530 | 582 | 521 | 553 | 586 | 600 | 625 |
| Nicaragua | 32 | 60 | 118 | 107 | 102 | 109 | 134 | 119 | 130 | 130 |
| Panama | 1 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 48 | 31 | 35 | 35 |
| Caribe | Importaciones (en milles de toneladas) | |||||||||
| Cuba | 238 | 394 | 428 | 528 | 424 | 513 | 775 | 594 | 600 | 700 |
| Haiti | 106 | 171 | 250 | 305 | 345 | 269 | 328 | 399 | 350 | 300 |
| Trinidad y Tobago | 33 | 43 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| Rep. Dominicana | 28 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 96 | 56 | 120 | 60 | 60 |
| Jamaica | 69 | 71 | 75 | 30 | 51 | 35 | 48 | 39 | 50 | 50 |
| fuente: USDA, FAO 2007 | ||||||||||