"Looks like the NEA and the USDA are making reports that make their own sector shine" Probably, you didn't point to a conflicting source, so I was just going f

"Looks like the NEA and the USDA are making reports that make their own sector shine" Probably, you didn't point to a conflicting source, so I was just going from the article. One thing you didn't account for is balance of trade. Art in the NEA definition is probably a net exporter. Food probably not? (you can export raw materials, and you can export the brand. As a non American though, my big mac has never seen America, so I really don't know how that would feed through to those figures). Agriculture also attracts subsidies, that could account for the disparity, although it could increase the disparity so I don't know. Long story short, the figures don't necessarily contradict each other.