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You are right. More than half the world will be reliant for external food by way of imports. Ag imports is not always edible foods..as it includes produce, grai
by jelliclesfarm 5y ago
You are right. More than half the world will be reliant for external food by way of imports. Ag imports is not always edible foods..as it includes produce, grains, fiber, fuel, meat, fish and dairy. West Europe’s food imports together far exceed USA. Figures as of 2017 : [..] The United States, being one of the world’s largest economies, imports a total of $133 billion USD worth of food and food products, followed by China at $105.26 billion USD, Germany at $98.90 billion USD, Japan at $68.86 billion USD, the United Kingdom at $66.54 billion USD, the Netherlands at $64.38 billion USD, France at $62.29 billion USD, Italy at $51.34 billion USD, Belgium at $40.87 billion USD, and the Russian Federation at $38.60 billion USD.[..]
- KptMarchewa 5y agoThe EU countries here include intra-EU imports. When looking at EU level, trade looks fairly balanced: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/food-farming-fisheries/trade/documents/monitoring-agri-food-trade_sept2019_en.pdf https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/food-farming-f...