▲ 326 ▼ Wavering Black voters: Biden is flawed — and Trump is unacceptable (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not that much. The US is really good at producing food, and Mexico is right there for year round growing as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) I had to go look it up, it’s more than I thought, but not as much as I ultimately expected. I included all food products for completeness. 2023 numbers: | product | value | year| |——————————-|———-|———| | Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates | $1.31B | 2023 | | Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products | $850.73M | 2023 | | Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations |$833.00M | 2023 | | Miscellaneous edible preparations | $670.05M | 2023 | | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | $358.31M | 2023 | | Meat, fish and seafood preparations | $278.46M | 2023 | | Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products | $248.89M | 2023 | | Coffee, tea, mate and spices | $233.34M | 2023 | | Sugars and sugar confectionery | $204.28M | 2023 | | Oil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruits | $171.07M | 2023 | | Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons | $131.20M | 2023 | permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago So about 1% of food imports. The US also exports about 5-10x that amount to China. Source permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) I had to go look it up, it’s more than I thought, but not as much as I ultimately expected. I included all food products for completeness. 2023 numbers: | product | value | year| |——————————-|———-|———| | Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates | $1.31B | 2023 | | Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products | $850.73M | 2023 | | Vegetable, fruit, nut food preparations |$833.00M | 2023 | | Miscellaneous edible preparations | $670.05M | 2023 | | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | $358.31M | 2023 | | Meat, fish and seafood preparations | $278.46M | 2023 | | Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products | $248.89M | 2023 | | Coffee, tea, mate and spices | $233.34M | 2023 | | Sugars and sugar confectionery | $204.28M | 2023 | | Oil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruits | $171.07M | 2023 | | Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons | $131.20M | 2023 | permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago So about 1% of food imports. The US also exports about 5-10x that amount to China. Source permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago So about 1% of food imports. The US also exports about 5-10x that amount to China. Source permalink fedilink source parent