Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
A 52 % was the growth of U.S. imports from Mexico between 2017 and 2023, reaching a value of US$480 billion (ECLAC, 2024).
2.1% was the year-on-year fall in the price index of the main commodities exported by LAC (ECLAC, 2024).
A 5% drop in exports of goods in Honduras was driven by a reduction in the export volumes of coffee (-10%), palm oil (-34%), bananas (-9%) and textile products (-70%) (ECLAC, 2024).
Between 70 % and 100 % was the increase in the volume of soybean, corn and wheat exports in Argentina (ECLAC, 2024).
The 228% increase in the volume of cotton exported, followed by a 54% increase in coffee and a 29% increase in beef and crude oil, were the largest increases in Brazil's exports (ECLAC, 2024).
Almost 10% of global goods imports are estimated to be subject to restrictive measures in 2024 (ECLAC, 2024).
The 1.2% drop in the volume of world trade in goods in 2023 was followed by a year-on-year growth of 1% between January and July 2024 (ECLAC, 2024).
40.2% is the share of agrifood employment (including trade and transportation) in total employment in the Americas (FAO, 2024).
The food system has become more “global”, as exports from developing countries and emerging economies made up more than one-third of global agri-food exports by 2018 with around a third of global agricultural and food exports traded within global value chains
36% of farmers cited price/income volatility among their top 3 challenges for the next 3 years (Bayer AG, 2024).
