Wednesday, January 7, 2009

What are Belgium's key types of agriculture and top five agricultural imports and exports?

Belgium's major agricultural staples are barley, potatoes, and sugar beets. Livestock production and corn round out the top five agricultural industries in Belgium.  Agricultural imports can be measured by value or tonnage.  The top five agricultural imports by tonnage are wheat (147 million tons), maize (108 million), soybeans (90 million), cake of soybean (63 million), and sugar products (54 million).  The top five agricultural imports by value are bananas ($1.57 billion), rapeseed ($1.43 billion), coffee ($302 million), whole milk cow cheese ($240 million), and wine ($316 million).  These statistics are compiled by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization


The major exports of Belgium can be measured in tonnage.  Potatoes are the largest export at 1.4 million tons.  Belgium is ranked eighth in the world in potato exports.  Beer barley (1.12 million) and frozen vegetables (1.08 million) are third and fourth with over 1 million tons exported.  Belgium is first in the world in the number of frozen vegetables exported.  While Belgium is a significant importer of bananas, it also exports bananas and is the second largest exporter in the world (1.2 million tons, second largest export of Belgium).  The fifth most important export product of Belgium is food wastes with 1.2 million tons.  It is ranked third in the world as an exporter of food wastes.  This data was also compiled by the United Nations.  

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