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From: dlo@drutx.UUCP (OlsonDL)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Bananas
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Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 16:23:21 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 16 16:23:21 1985
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> = From my previous posting.

>...The vast
>majority of the crops grown in Mexico are staples (corn, beans, wheat,
>soybeans, livestock, seafood). About 10% of its cotton 7% of its sugar,
>and less than 5% of anything else it produces is exported.  Argentina
>grows huge amounts of corn and wheat.  About 36% of its fruits and
>vegetables, 15% meats, 13% wine, beer, and tobacco, and less than 10% of
>anything else it produces is exported.  Brazil grows wheat, corn, rice
>in about the same amounts as tropical fruits.  About 29% of its coffee,
>11% of its minerals, and less than 10% of anything else it produces is
>exported.  Nicaragua produces about as much corn as it does bananas.  About
>36% of its coffee, 12% of its cotton, 6% meats, and less than 5% of anything
>else it produces is exported.  For El Salvador, 44% of its coffee, 10% of
>its cotton, and less than 4% of anything else it produces is exported.
>In fact, staples of many kinds (mostly grains) are grown throughout Latin
>America; most of which stays inside that particular country.

The above percentages came from the _Encyclopedia_Britanica_.  After
looking them over again, I am not sure whether they mean that it is
a percentage of what is produced that is exported or if what is produced
accounts for that percentage of the exports.  In either case, it didn't
add up to 100%.  But still, in Nicaragua, for instance, it lists bananas
as 1.4% for export.  In any case, that means that a lot more than just
exported bananas are produced there.


David Olson
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