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Commodity
Raw material / primary
Agriculture products that can be bought and sold
Food manufacturing
$22.4 billion
2Forest processing
$21.2 billion
3Animal processing
$14.2 billion
4Crop processing
$9.9 billion
5Animal production
$5.5 billion
6Landscaping
$3.7 billion
7Crop production
$3.1 billion
8Ag. Related services
$477 million
Imports
Commodity purchased from another country
Shipped to the US
Largest US Agricultural imports
Horticulture
Half of all US ag. Imports since 2002
Since the 1990s . . .
All agricultural imports began to grow
US consumers benefit from imports because . . .
Imports expanded food variety
Stabilize year round supplies of fresh fruits / vegetables
Import Examples
Fruits
Nuts
Vegetables
Nursery products
Sugar
Coffee
Cocoa
Primary countries for imports
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
Export
Commodity grown in the US & shipped
US Ag. Exports been larger than . . .
Imports since 1960
Examples : Bulk commodities
Wheat
Corn
Cotton
Soy beans
Tobacco
Meat
Poultry
Live animals
Vegetable oil
Vegetables
HVP
High Value Products
Product
Something produced as the primary substance then sold
Product examples
Meat
Eggs
Wool
Hay
Soy beans
Cotton
Timber
Flowers
Honey
Peanuts
Corn
Milk
Byproduct
Made during the production / manufacture & is the secondary product
Byproduct examples
Leather
Vegetables
Oil
Bee wax
Glue
Mulch
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