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This is a list of countries by tariff rate. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. Import duty refers to taxes levied on imported goods, capital and services. The level of customs duties is a direct indicator of the openness of an economy to world trade.
This is a list of countries by imports, based on the International Trade Centre, [1] except for the European Union.
The following is a list and analysis of imports into the United States for 2020 and 2019 in millions of United States dollars. [1][2] The United States imported $2,810.6 billion worth of goods and services in 2020, down $294.5 billion from 2019.
Production (and consumption) of agricultural plant commodities has a diverse geographical distribution. Along with climate and corresponding types of vegetation, the economy of a nation also influences the level of agricultural production. 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 ...
Food security differs around the world, with some regions being much more prone to food insecurity due to both lack of fertile land, as well as capital that could procure sufficient food through the purchasing of imports. [2] This demand for food is steadily growing, especially in developing countries, with studies showing it is likely to grow between 70% and 100% over the four decades from ...
This is a 2010 list of major countries by food self-sufficiency rates on a calorie supply basis. [2]
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, Mexico is still the second largest trading partner of the United States after Canada. [1] The largest US partners with their total trade in goods (sum of imports and exports) in ...
There are four nations in the world that export enough agriculture to exert this hypothetical food power: the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. [1][obsolete source] Forced to rely on these nations in times of shortage, food-importing countries may face food crises if needed supplies are withheld. But while political leaders in food-importing countries have expressed misgivings ...