Boozman Leads Effort to Encourage Purchases of U.S. Rice by Iraq

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, led a recent effort among other senators from rice producing states to encourage American and Iraqi officials to take steps to increase U.S. rice exports to Iraq. The Senators submitted letters to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Dr. Fareed Yasseen, Iraq’s Ambassador to the U.S., urging the issuance and implementation of a U.S.-specific rice tender under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for rice tenders between the two countries.

Iraq is an important destination for American-grown rice because the majority of its population consumes rice daily and almost 90 percent of the nation’s supply is imported.

More below:

https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/newsroom/rep/press/release/boozman-senators-from-rice-producing-states-push-for-us-specific-rice-tender-with-iraq

Iraqi rice tender letter to Secretary Blinken
Iraqi rice tender letter to Ambassador Yasseen