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Why do you doubt that? China's population is so large, even their ample farming capacity isn't enough to support it on its own. To whom do you think they turn t
by philipov 3y ago
Why do you doubt that? China's population is so large, even their ample farming capacity isn't enough to support it on its own. To whom do you think they turn to fill the deficit if not South America?
- AlbertCory 3y agosee the next answer. Common sense tells you they grow more than 64% of their own food. And any imports would mainly come from other Asian countries or North America, not across the Panama Canal and 6,000 miles of ocean, Do you want to place a bet on this?
- ricardobeat 3y agoWhen they talk about “this region” they’re bundling together the entire continent. Brazil exports massive amounts of soy and meat to China. https://www.cepea.esalq.usp.br/en/brazilian-agribusiness-news/china-raises-both-the-volume-imported-from-br-and-the-price-paid-for-the-brazilian-beef.aspx https://www.cepea.esalq.usp.br/en/brazilian-agribusiness-new...
- yorwba 3y agoFor both vegetable products https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/vegetable-products/reporter/chn https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/vegetable-pro... and meat & edible offal https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/meat-edible-offal/reporter/chn https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/meat-edible-o... South America is a more important source than North America.
- vpribish 3y agoJust a little bit of geographic, economic, political, historical sense would be adequate to raise that doubt. china imports around 10% of its food needed. the specifics get complex depending on how you measure and what you measure - but it is not at all credible that 36% of china's food is from south america. and in the recent past they were far less integrated with global trade https://tradingeconomics.com/china/food-imports-percent-of-merchandise-imports-wb-data.html https://tradingeconomics.com/china/food-imports-percent-of-m...
- philipov 3y agoWould you care to enlighten me on each of these 4 factors, in specific terms?
- AlbertCory 3y agoThe statement, algebraically, was (China's food imports from "this region") / (China's total food consumption). Other answers have provided more than enough detail on this. Probably she meant (China's food imports from "this region") / (China's total food imports) Where "this region" means Brazil, not just the disputed province.
- vpribish 3y agoI would not, no.