The Top Crop-based Agricultural Import Commodities in the World and in These Six Countries

Table AIC-1. List of top 20 food and agricultural import commodities originating or processed from agricultural crops in the world and in selected six countries for 2011.

RANKWORLDUNITED STATESUNITED KINGDOMAFRICAINDIAAUSTRALIAPHILIPPINES
1wheatbananascake, soybeanswheatoil, palmcake, soybeanswheat
2maizebeer of barleywinecake, soybeanspeas, drybeer of barleycake,
soybeans
3soybeanscake, rapeseedsugar raw centrifugalrice–total
(rice milled
equivalent)
oil, soybeanrice–total
(rice milled
equivalent)
rice–total
(rice milled
equivalent)
4cake,
soybeans
sugar raw centrifugalbananasoil, palmcashewnuts, with shellpotatoes, frozenflour, wheat
5oil, palmwheatmaizeoil, soybeanoil, sunfloweroil, palmmalt
6sugar raw centrifugaloatswheatmoassescake,
beans, dry
sugar raw centrifugalcopra
7rice–total
(rice milled
equivalent)
oil,
rapeseed
beer of barleymaltdatesvegetables, frozenapples
8barleytomatoessoybeansbarleyappleswinemaize
9sugar
refined
coffee, greenrice–total
(rice milled
equivalent)
maizerubber natural drycoffee, greentobacco,
unmanufac-
tured
10bananassugar refinedmolassesoil, sunflowerjutetomatoes, peeledstarch,
cassava
11rapeseedoil, palmpotatoes, frozenbeans, drychick peassugar refinedsoybeans
12flour,
wheat
molassescake, palm kernelbran, wheatoil, palm kerneltomatoes, pastepotatoes,
frozen
13potatoeswineapplessugar raw centrifugallentilsmacaronitangerines,
mandarines,
clementines,
satsumas
14beer of barleyrubber natural drytomatoescake, sunflowersugar raw centrifugaloil, sunfloweroil, palm
15oil, soybeanpineapplesoil, palmcake, cottonseedcoffee, greenjuice, orange, concentratebeans, dry
16winechillies and peppers, greenonions, drysugar refinedcotton lintoil, olive, virgincake,
palm kernel
17cake,
rapeseed
potatoes, frozencake, sunflowerbananascake, copraraisinspeas, dry
18applesvegetables, frozentomatoes, peeledrubber natural dryorangeskiwi fruitsugar refined
19cotton lintrapeseedorangestobacco, unmanu-
factured
cinnamon (canella)cocoa, powder & cakevegetables,
temporarily
preserved
20rubber
natural dry
melons, other (inc. cantaloupes)vegetables, frozensorghumgingerorangesoranges

Note: This list of import commodities is a self-made list from statistical data provided by FAOStat, the statistics division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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