Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
Between 70 % and 100 % was the increase in the volume of soybean, corn and wheat exports in Argentina (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).
2.1% was the year-on-year fall in the price index of the main commodities exported by LAC (ECLAC, 2024).
A 52 % was the growth of U.S. imports from Mexico between 2017 and 2023, reaching a value of US$480 billion (ECLAC, 2024).
19.0 % of China's total exports of goods went to the United States in 2017, a figure that declined to 14.8 % in 2023 (ECLAC, 2024).
71% of the industrial policy measures implemented in 2023 by the world's major economies are characterized by their trade-distorting effects (ECLAC, 2024).
The 15 organic quality control organizations in Bahia are divided into 12 SCOs and 3 OPACs, representing more than 50% of CNPO registrations between 2018-2020 (Sanchez et al., 2021).
8.4% and 5.6% represent the highest tariff equivalents of non-tariff measures in LAC intraregional trade, applied to the agriculture, hunting and fishing, and processed food sectors, respectively (ECLAC, 2024).
15.5% was the average of global food exports represented by LAC between 2020 and 2022 (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).
