The United States of America is considered one of the attractive markets for the export of food products, because it includes a large number of the population, i.e. a large number of food tastes and needs, in addition to the continuous increase in its consumption of food imported from abroad year after year, and thus it has become an excellent opportunity for growth and profit for many countries to which food products are exported.
In this article, we will discuss a group of the most important countries that export food products of all kinds to the United States of America:
Mexico
Mexico's share of the total imports of the United States of America is more than half for many food products, and this brings it a lot of profits. In 2020, Mexico exported to America the following:
Large quantities of tomatoes, about 90% of its imports.
The total imports of Mexican sweet pepper reached about one million tons.
More than one million tons of Mexican avocados were imported.
It accounted for 99% of the fresh strawberries imported into America.
Lots of wine, beer, snacks, bananas, and honey.
Peru
Which in turn benefited from the huge and growing demand for imports in the United States of America. In 2020, large quantities were exported to it:
Of the grapes, about 182 thousand tons, and these quantities were much greater than in 2019, due to the decrease in grape imports from Chile.
In addition to berries, ginger, mango, banana, and pineapple, exports of fresh vegetables and fruits continued to grow continuously during 2020.
It is also one of the main suppliers of coffee to America. In 2019, imported about $221.4 million worth of coffee.
Canada
Canada is one of the largest countries that export agricultural products to the United States of America, as it imports quantities that exceed Peru and Chile. These products include many types such as:
horticultural products.
Red meat.
Snack foods, chocolate, honey, rice and tea.
Vegetables such as cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and many others.
In addition to being the second largest supplier of tomatoes to the United States of America.
European Union
It ranks third after Canada and Mexico as the largest exporter of food products to the United States of America, where the value of food imports between 2013-2015 amounted to about 18.9 billion US dollars, and the proportion of horticultural products represents more than half of the value.
South America
The most important products that it exports to the United States of America are:
horticultural products.
Sugar.
Tropical products.
The average US imports from it over the past few years amounted to about 13.7 billion dollars, and the most important countries include Brazil, Costa Rica, and Chile.
Costa Rica
In 2019, it was one of the leading suppliers of bananas in the United States, where the value of imported bananas amounted to about 440.5 million US dollars, an increase of 19.5% over 2015, in addition to the fact that it exports pineapple, coffee, and many other food products.
Guatemala
One of the most important countries that export a lot of fruits and vegetables to the United States of America, where it mainly exports bananas in addition to watermelons, which are also:
From the fastest growing tomato and banana suppliers to the USA in recent years.
The value of tomatoes imported from them during 2019 amounted to about $18.4 million, an increase of 76.6% since 2015.
And the value of bananas exported during 2019 was approximately $1.1 billion.
China
Every year, America imports a lot of seafood from all over the world, especially from China, which exports a lot of food products to it, the most important of which are:
Farmed salmon, tilapia, and catfish.
Other types of seafood.
Grouper, bream and crab.
And not only that, but there are major products such as garlic, ginger, and tea that China exports to America in addition to honey, where the United States imported from them 2019 about 13 million US dollars, and it was one of the fastest-growing countries in its export of pineapple and rice:
Where 715,000 dollars worth of pineapples were imported, an increase of 72.3% since 2015
and $23.6 million in rice.
Colombia
It is considered one of the main suppliers of sugar to the United States of America. In 2019, America imported about 96.4% of sugar, an increase of 86.7% over 2019, and it also exports many fruits such as bananas, snack foods, and chocolate. The percentage of chocolate exports to America in 2019 increased by about 3.9% since 2015.
Brazil
Among the major countries that export a lot of food products to the United States of America, for example:
Large quantities of sugar were exported during the year 2019, amounting to about 179.1 million US dollars
About $57.6 million worth of honey.
and $20.9 million in rice.
The United States of America is home to a range of different food products imported from all over the world
The United States of America continues to increase its import and demand for food products from abroad, to meet the needs and appetites of its consumers for unique foods, and this, in turn, helps the economies of the countries that export food products to them in ensuring that the export business grows significantly, and achieves a lot of profits and spread in their markets.