By Forrest Laws
Delta Farm Press
U.S. rice sales to Iraq have resumed after months of delays due to newly-placed financial restrictions imposed by the U.S. government on Iraqi banks that would normally provide dollars for U.S. rice shipments to the country.
Earlier this month, Archer Daniels Midland’s Rice Division completed a sale of 80,000 tons of U.S. rice, which was expected to be loaded and shipped to Iraq in early fall. Another 40,000 tons was sold by Supreme Rice, according to the USA Rice Federation.