Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
42.2% of LAC production, measured in equivalent calories, was exported between 2020-2022, and is expected to reach 42.6% in 2032 (CELAC, 2024).
14% could increase the volume of trade in clean technologies, including those for air pollution control, if tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in these technologies are eliminated (UNEP, 2019).
14% of cereals and 4.5% of soybeans traded globally transit the Suez Canal (IFPRI, 2024).
100% of the urea used in Central and South America is imported (GGGI, 2024).
From 8% to 13% was the growth in LAC's share of global agricultural trade by 2015 (OECD and FAO, 2015).
Between -2.2 and -1.3 percentage points would be the impact on the growth of Ecuador and Peru as a consequence of an episode of the El Niño Phenomenon (IDB, 2024).
Nearly 2% of B2C trade and 3.2% of global cross-border trade were accounted for by Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019 (IDB, 2019).
1.3 million tons per year of pork positioned Mexico as the 15th largest producer in the world in 2018 (IDB, 2019).
US$562 million moved Mexico in pork exports to Japan in 2018, a country that has been the main importer of this product in the world (IDB, 2019).
To US$5 billion in 2019 amounted to Peruvian agricultural exports, 12% in total exports (IDB, 2019).
