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> The "feed own population" is 2nd tier consideration. And as an industry, it uses a big % of the surface area in our densely populated country, while adding re
by throwup238 3y ago
> The "feed own population" is 2nd tier consideration. And as an industry, it uses a big % of the surface area in our densely populated country, while adding relatively little to our economy (~2% or so, iirc).
TFA says total agricultural exports in 2021 was $108.4 billion and according to Google the GDP was just over $1 trillion, which is closer to a tenth of the economy just in exports not 2%. Am I missing something?
- FranzFerdiNaN 3y agohttps://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2020/19/landbouw-droeg-in-2019-evenveel-bij-aan-economie-als-tien-jaar-eerder https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2020/19/landbouw-droeg-in-20... It’s only 1.4%. If you are generous you end up with at most 7% by adding in a lot of related industry and transportation of goods as well.
- throwup238 3y agoThen where does the $108 billion of exports come from? Even at 7% against 1 trillion gdp the math just doesn't make any sense to me if there’s that much in export. Is most of the export capital just going towards importing fertilizer so it’s not counted towards GDP or something?
- riffraff 3y agoI have no idea of the specific numbers, but a component of GDP is indeed _net_ exports. If you export 100B and import 100B the trade would account for 0% of the GDP. At a glance, NL seem to import quite a lot of agricultural stuff, even if it exports more. https://oec.world/en/profile/country/nld?yearlyTradeFlowSelector=flow1 https://oec.world/en/profile/country/nld?yearlyTradeFlowSele...