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And US sells chop sticks to China :)

• javajosh 9y ago
  I was surprised to find that the US also grows most of the world's cotton for clothing. I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't produce a lot of wood products, too.
  • wahern 9y ago
    Yes, but not as much as I originally thought, in relative terms: https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/money-does-grow-trees-us-forest-product-exports-set-record https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/money-does-grow-trees-us-fores... As the world’s fourth-largest exporter of forest products (behind the European Union, China, and Canada), the United States maintains a steady share of the growing global market at just over 10 percent.
    • Viper007Bond 9y ago
      Probably because we use so much of it ourselves for housing and stuff.
  • emodendroket 9y ago
    Lumber was originally one of the chief exports of North America; if you read Common Sense there is quite a long discourse about lumber for ship-building.