Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
43% of agrifoods in CARICOM have tariffs above 15%, almost three times more than in SICA countries, except for the Dominican Republic (FAO and IDB, 2024).
Nearly 70% of the tariff universe of agri-food products enjoys a preferential tariff of zero in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago (FAO and IDB, 2024).
5% represents Central America of CARICOM's agri-food imports (FAO and IDB, 2024).
Nearly 50% of the exports that SICA makes to the world correspond to agri-food products (FAO and IDB, 2024).
22% of global agri-food exports corresponded to products of animal origin and 41% to those of plant origin (FAO and IDB, 2024).
70% of global agri-food trade corresponds to processed products, including meats, fats and oils, wines, various food preparations, cheeses, among others (FAO and IDB, 2024).
14% will increase crop and livestock production in Latin America and the Caribbean in the next 10 years (FAO, 2023).
23% of beef and buffalo meat, as well as 21.4% of poultry meat worldwide, is produced in Latin America and the Caribbean (FAO, 2023).
40% of the value of global agricultural production is represented by livestock (FAO, 2023).
88% of the emissions that come from the livestock sector are due to enteric fermentation in the digestive tract of ruminant animals (cattle, sheep and goats), released through belching, the rest comes from manure. (CGIAR, 2023).
