"The decision reinforces Brazil's position as one of the top 10 global exporters of rice and represents an important step to diversify commercial relations with Mexico, a country with over 120 million people that imports over 80 percent of the rice it consumes," the Brazilian government said in a statement.

Rice and beans are essential ingredients to the cuisines of both countries.

"We will receive Mexican beans to complete our main dish in Brazil which is rice and beans," said Brazil's agriculture minister, Tereza Cristina Dias, in a video posted to Twitter.

(Reporting by Marcelo Rochabrun; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)