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| Left to Right: Joel Salazar, Board of Directors Secretary for Centroamericana de Mercadeo El Salvador, S.A. de C.V. (CEMERSA); Handal Salazar, Director of Central American Trade CEMERSA; Iris Figueroa - USRPA; Tommy Turner, President Texas Rice Council; Keith Klatt, Location Manager Rice Belt Warehouse; Javier Navas, President ASALBAR (National Rice Organization in El Salvador) and Legal Advisor to the Board Of Director of CEMERSA; Omar Salazar, President CEMERSA; Tony Sanchez, VP of Operations Rice Belt Warehouse. |
| Organized by the US Rice Producers Association, millers from Centroamericana de Mercadeo El Salvador, S.A. de C.V (CEMERSA) in El Salvador spent three days visiting every aspect of the U.S. rice trade in Texas. The purpose of the trip was to gain a solid understanding of how rice is grown and handled from the field to an ocean vessel for export. The group visited Texas farmer sales offices, drying and storage facilities, harvesting, and Hansen-Mueller at the Port of Houston to learn how the Texas Rice Industry identity preserves rice to provide traceability from our fields to their mills for both domestic and international buyers. Once again, this reverse trade mission shows the relationships the staff of the US Rice Producers Association has with buyers of rice throughout the world. All business starts with good relationships. |
 CEMERSA representation visiting Rice Belt Warehouse joined by Toni Sanchez and Trinidad Chavez, Rice Belt Warehouse. |  Visiting with Chris Brown at Hansen Mueller. |
 Looking at rice samples with Pam West at Brookshire Drying Co., Inc./Texas Rice Milling Inc. |  Meeting with Jay Davis at Coastal Rice and Futures Inc. |
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