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Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products with more evenly distributed production see more frequent changes in the ranking of the top producers.
Country or region Imports (millions of $) . Year United States 3,375,948 2022 European Union [n 1] 2,743,745 [3]: 2022 China 2,706,601 2022 Germany 1,571,057 2022 Japan ...
Unlike most other sugar producing countries, the United States has both large and well-developed sugarcane and sugar beet industries. Refined sugarcane, processed sugar beet, and high-fructose corn syrup are all commonly used in the U.S. as added sugars to sweeten food and beverages .
The 30 largest trade partners of the United States represent 87.9 percent of U.S. exports, and 87.4 percent of U.S. imports as of 2021. These figures do not include services or foreign direct investment. In 2023, Canada is the largest trading partner of the United States, followed by Mexico. [1]
China allows 1.94 million tonnes of sugar imports a year at a tariff of 15 percent as part of its commitments to the World Trade Organization. China to hit more sugar imports with extra tariffs ...
The largest import and export merchandise trade partners for most countries of the world are listed below. Details for the European Union, Hong Kong and Macau are also included. In most cases the data relates to 2021 rankings. Data was extracted from the World Trade Organization's Trade Profile Database. [1] [2]
[7] [8] Large import tariffs were also used to protect the market. [7] In 2004, the EU was spending €3.30 in subsidies to export €1 worth of sugar, and some sugar processors, like British Sugar, had a 25% profit margin. [9] A 2004 Oxfam report called EU sugar subsidies "dumping" and said they harm the world's poor. [9]
The following table provides information on exports [2] and imports [3] of goods and services, based on the data published by World Bank, trade openness index, calculated as their sum, and the ratio between exports and imports. Sorting is alphabetical by country code, according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.