Biggest Agricultural Exporter Countries In The World- List

Agricultural Export and its Importance:

Agriculture development was what allowed early humans to shift from a hunter gatherer, nomadic lifestyle to actually settle and cultivate soil to grow food in a place. This eventually lead to further advancements in science, provided templates for modern inventions and eventually lead to the foundations of urban cities.

Thus, our live would not be the same without the discovery of cultivation and agricultural practices. Even now, agriculture and export of food and other agricultural goods makes a huge chunk of international trade. Many countries are still sustaining their GDP or national economy by the agricultural produce that they export.

Pakistan is also one of those countries that relies largely on agricultural export. About 40% of Pakistan’s labor force is employed in the agricultural sector and 25% depend on it indirectly.

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Biggest Agricultural Exporter Countries:

Since China and India are huge countries with large populations, one would think that they would show up on the list of biggest exporters. However, owing to their large size and huge populations these countries have to meet the demand and needs internally of their population which is why often they do not export agricultural produce internationally. Therefore the list actually looks very different from what would generally be thought as.

Here is a list of some of the biggest agricultural exports (in no specific order) compiled with brief descriptions:

1. United States: values around 118.3 billion dollars in exports. Its main produce consists of staples like corn which is around 26% of global exports, soybeans and wheat that make up around 50.5% and 18% respectively.
   
2. Netherlands: Being a tiny country, its agricultural export value is around 79 billion dollars. It supplies almost half of the global flowers and plants and is also the world’s biggest supplier of tomatoes and chilies. It is second only to the US in agricultural exports.
   For further reading, check out: Reasons Why Netherlands is World’s 2nd Largest Food Exporter
   
3. Germany: valued at 70.8 billion dollars, it is the biggest supplier for wheat, barley, potatoes, rapeseed and soybean. Corn, maize and beetroot are another agricultural produce that is exported by Germany in raw foods.
   
4. France: It is valued at 68 billion dollars and is chiefly involved in the export of wheat, sugar, wine and beef and remains the leading exporter of all dairy products. However, when it comes to agricultural produce, it is involved mainly with sugar beet, wheat, maize, barley, oats, rye and potatoes.
   
5. Brazil: Being the world’s fourth largest food producer and exporter mainly to China, it was valued at 55.4 billion dollars originally which, in 2022 increased to 125 billion dollars due to the export of soybeans, sugar, beef, poultry, corn, cotton, pork, coffee and citrus fruits has caused the agricultural demand from Brazil to soar.
   
6. China: As mentioned above, China usually doesn’t export agricultural produce due to meeting internal food demands (it is in fact, the world’s largest importer) however, it is a supplier of 9.2% of global fish demand that amounts to approximately 6.6 billion dollars. China also imports around 60% of soybean from Brazil.
   
7. Thailand: Another human food staple that is used widely across the globe, around 34.5 % of rice comes out of Thailand to meet global demands. It is the 13th largest agricultural export which saw a 20% rise in 2022 and includes the export of tapioca beans, frozen shrimp and sea food, tuna, cassava, maize, bananas and pineapple as well as other canned edible products..
   
8. Indonesia: Responsible for supplying world’s 51% of Palm oil demand globally. This makes it value at 10.4 billion dollars. Its overall agricultural produce is valued at 24 billion dollars in 2022 and includes soybeans, rice, wheat, beef, fresh fruit, coffee, rubber and cocoa. It is the leading exporter of cocoa, coffee and palm oil especially.

Conclusion:

As agricultural export and import will always be needed to sustain economies and people across the globe, there is always efforts underway striving for better and higher quality of food, crop yield and agricultural advancements. The US is primarily the biggest exporter owing to the high and developed infrastructure, better technology and advanced agricultural practices, whereas China and Brazil being the first and second biggest importer of agricultural produce owing to the large demands and maintaining internal food security. Thus, every nation dependent on agriculture is trying to improve its agricultural output for further advancements and investment that could lead to better and sustainable development in the future.

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Still being a developing country with hurdles in irrigation and transportation of produce hindering the global export rate of Pakistan, Pakistan itself ranks at 25th in the list of biggest export markets for the US.

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