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On that note, corn appears to be a ~$10B export and blood a ~$1B export making the article completely wrong, unless these sources or my interpretation completel

On that note, corn appears to be a ~$10B export and blood a ~$1B export making the article completely wrong, unless these sources or my interpretation completely incorrect. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenroberts/2019/01/14/corn-is-one-of-2018s-fastest-growing-exports-might-slip-past-soybeans/#3829d49c490b https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenroberts/2019/01/14/corn-is-o... [2] http://www.worldstopexports.com/top-blood-exporters-by-country/ http://www.worldstopexports.com/top-blood-exporters-by-count...

tantalor 7y ago
It's not clear where the numbers on that site come from, but the MintPress story has this actual source: https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/usa/all/show/2017/ https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/usa/all/... > Human or Animal Blood; HS92 ID: 3002; Export Value: $28.6B; Export: RCA2.30; Percent: 2.3% For all of the HS data used throughout the site (1995 - 2017) we use the BACI International Trade Database2. The original data comes from the United Nations Statistical Division (COMTRADE), but is cleaned by the BACI team using their own methodology of harmonization. (https://oec.world/en/resources/data https://oec.world/en/resources/data)
- bloodthrowaway 7y ago
  According to worldbank.org, HS92 3002 includes human and animal vaccines: > Antisera and other blood fractions > Vaccines for human medicine > Vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease > Other vaccines for veterinary medicine (excl. f > Human and animal blood; microbial cultures; tox http://wits.worldbank.org/data/public/CountryProfile-ProductMetadataforSector.xlsx http://wits.worldbank.org/data/public/CountryProfile-Product...
scottlocklin 7y ago
According to this; blood is a $21b export: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-top-exporters-of-blood.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-top-exporter... I love it when "fake news" is flagged as such to cover up .... reality. Wonder if the people who thought up this meme actually thought of that.
- arcticfox 7y ago
  The author of the oec.world site used as the source for the original article already updated the site to be more clear and posted in this thread because this was, in fact, fake news. The $21B number includes human and animal vaccines, which is the overwhelming majority.
  - scottlocklin 7y ago
    Citations needed: most of it is actually blood plasma as far as I can tell[1] [2]. Just because you don't like the messenger doesn't mean the message is false. [1] https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/wtf-why-does-the-us-export-blood-despite-vermonts-shortages/Content?oid=24981787 https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/wtf-why-does-the-us-expo... [2] https://www.newsweek.com/two-percent-us-export-income-blood-1476763 https://www.newsweek.com/two-percent-us-export-income-blood-...
- glofish 7y ago
  The most important attribute of fake news is the appeal to emotion and outrage, and using that to paint a manipulative picture - that's is the primary reason for this being a fake news. Not even wether or not blood is the biggest export. As it turns out the "blood category" was a mislabel, it included vaccines as well - thus this fake news lost even that shred of credibility. But even if this tidbit were true the main original article is still nothing more than propaganda.

tantalor 7y ago

It's not clear where the numbers on that site come from, but the MintPress story has this actual source: https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/usa/all/show/2017/ https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/usa/all/... > Human or Animal Blood; HS92 ID: 3002; Export Value: $28.6B; Export: RCA2.30; Percent: 2.3% For all of the HS data used throughout the site (1995 - 2017) we use the BACI International Trade Database2. The original data comes from the United Nations Statistical Division (COMTRADE), but is cleaned by the BACI team using their own methodology of harmonization. (https://oec.world/en/resources/data https://oec.world/en/resources/data)

bloodthrowaway 7y ago
According to worldbank.org, HS92 3002 includes human and animal vaccines: > Antisera and other blood fractions > Vaccines for human medicine > Vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease > Other vaccines for veterinary medicine (excl. f > Human and animal blood; microbial cultures; tox http://wits.worldbank.org/data/public/CountryProfile-ProductMetadataforSector.xlsx http://wits.worldbank.org/data/public/CountryProfile-Product...

scottlocklin 7y ago

According to this; blood is a $21b export: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-top-exporters-of-blood.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-top-exporter... I love it when "fake news" is flagged as such to cover up .... reality. Wonder if the people who thought up this meme actually thought of that.

arcticfox 7y ago
The author of the oec.world site used as the source for the original article already updated the site to be more clear and posted in this thread because this was, in fact, fake news. The $21B number includes human and animal vaccines, which is the overwhelming majority.
- scottlocklin 7y ago
  Citations needed: most of it is actually blood plasma as far as I can tell[1] [2]. Just because you don't like the messenger doesn't mean the message is false. [1] https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/wtf-why-does-the-us-export-blood-despite-vermonts-shortages/Content?oid=24981787 https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/wtf-why-does-the-us-expo... [2] https://www.newsweek.com/two-percent-us-export-income-blood-1476763 https://www.newsweek.com/two-percent-us-export-income-blood-...
glofish 7y ago
The most important attribute of fake news is the appeal to emotion and outrage, and using that to paint a manipulative picture - that's is the primary reason for this being a fake news. Not even wether or not blood is the biggest export. As it turns out the "blood category" was a mislabel, it included vaccines as well - thus this fake news lost even that shred of credibility. But even if this tidbit were true the main original article is still nothing more than propaganda.