Exports, agricultural

Large amounts of cocaine are found virtually everywhere in the country, so it is remarkable that adult annual cocaine use prevalence is only 0.8 per cent of the population age 18-65, more than twice the global average, though less than a third of that in the USA. This indicates high levels of control over the cocaine supply. As is the case in many agriculture-exporting countries, export stock is not widely consumed locally. 

However, deliberate conversion of solid wood by the agents of biodecomposition is done commercially and has considerable additional potential. The world s second most important commercial mushroom, comprising 20% of world sales (140-42), is shiitake (Len-tinus edodes) (Figure 8). Cultivated in Asia, primarily on oak logs, shiitake is a major food in Japan and that nation s largest agricultural export. Several other commercial mushrooms are also grown on solid wood (Table V). These mushrooms have much potential in the West where they are currently of minor importance. 

Natural rubber is an important agricultural export in Southeast Asia. Formic acid is used during the process that converts the milky latex fluid tapped from rubber trees into natural rubber. 

Henson, S. and R. Loader, 2001. Barriers to Agricultural Exports from Developing Countries The Role of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Requirements. World Development, 29(1) 85-102. 

Jizan Economic City Jizan 100 30 500,000/250,000 Industrial park, agriculture export and distribution, business and cultural center, port, fisheries, health and education areas Energy- and labor-intensive industries... 

Detailed breakdowns of U.S. agricultural exports are presented in both the Statistical Abstract of the United States published every year by the U.S. Department of Commerce and in the Agricultural Yearbook published by the USDA, as well as in FAO s Trade Yearbook. 

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