Wednesday, August 24, 2011

WAS 2 - Global Trade Blog 2

Global Trade
The Columbian Exchange marked the beginning of worldwide trade. The plants, foods, and animals that traveled across hemispheres during the Columbian Exchange are now just some of the many foods and items that are traded around the globe today.
Work with a team to chart the global trade of a chosen food item. Using the Internet, magazines, or books, track the movement of the item from its country of origin to its various destinations around the world.

  • Determine how much of the item the various countries import. Compare the cost of the item in these countries.
  • Compare your team’s item with those of the other teams to determine which is the most popular.
National Corn Growers Association http://www.ncga.com / trade
Official Web site for the National Corn Growers Association.

Corn Refiners Association http://www.corn.org /
Official Web site of the Corn Refiners Association, Inc., the national trade association representing the corn refining industry of the United States.

8 comments:

  1. Corn was originated in the U.S and has been imported to Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. The amoutof corn impported to Europe is 90 meteric tons, Asia has 77 metric tons, Africa is 90 metric tons, and South America is 70 metric tons. The cost of corn in Europe is $7.25 per bushel, in the U.S its $2.00 per bushel, and in South America its $3.24 per bushel.

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  2. Potatoes are grown all over the world. The top 3 countries that grow the well known crop are China, Russia and India. China grows around 75 million metric tons of potatoes, which is 23.3% out of 70%. Russia comes in second with 37 million metric tons, 11.5%. India comes in third with 25 million metric tons, 7.8%. The top three nations that exported potatoes were the Netherlands with 1.7 million metric tons, 23.9%. Then France with 1.4 million metric tons, 20.2%. The last nation that exports potatoes is Germany with 1.3 million metric tons, 18.6%. The countries that spent the most amount of money on potato imports were Spain with $236.9 million, Netherlands with $204.9 million and Belgium with $190 million.
    -Grace Luthy & Carissa Atiles

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  3. Potatoes are grown from all over.some of the countries that grow most of potatoes crop are China, Russia, and India. china grows 75 million metric tons of potatoes, which is 23.3% out of .Also russia with 37 million metric tons 11.5%.and final India with 25 million metric tons, 7.8% ofcrops.some nations that exported much of the potatoe crop were the Netherlands with 1.7 million metric tons, which is 23.9%. France exported 1.4 million metric tons 20.2%. The countries that spent the most money on potato imports were Spain with 236.9 million, Netherlands with 204.9 million and Belgium with 190 million. We would have thought irealand would spend somewhere near the top amount of money.
    Matthew "ice" nicholas and Sebastion Godoy

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  4. potatoes are from everywhere around the country, chinca, russian, and india grow the most.chinca grows 75 million tons of potatoes!!!! it grows about 23% out of the world then russia makes 37 million tons! 11.5% im sure back then it cost alot more since items were limited now a days theres billions and billions of potatoes! Marc Rodriguez, Seneca Laboy, and Afeez!!

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  5. China holds the largest wheat consumption with 104,500 thousand metric tons. Following China is India, Russia, and fourth with 33,203 thousand metric tons is the United States. Even though China consumes the most wheat it ranks at 34 under wheat imports. Egypt imports the most wheat with 6,300 thousand metric tons! Japan and Mexico import roughly 5,700 thousand metric tons, while the United States imports 2,000 thousand metric tons. In the United States over 240,000 farms produce wheat. The U.S. produces roughly 13% of the world’s wheat.

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  6. Corn is a very popular item to trade. Almost all the countries import and export corn. Countries can import as low as 2,418,880 metric tons to as much as 316,900,000 metric tons. The United States is the largest corn producer in the world. In the United States in the year 2010 corn producers produced 316.2 million metric tons of corn. Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan and Egypt are the top five destinations the U.S. import to. To trade corn can cost up to $7,800 from one place to another.

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