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FAO report: Seafood big part of growing ‘world food import bill’ in 2018

The world spent $1.43 trillion on food imports in 2017, triple what it spent in 2000, and is likely to spend about $1.47tr this year

By Undercurrent News | July 11, 2018 15:27 BST
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Growth in the amount of seafood and cereals being traded internationally will play a major role in continuing to increase the “world food import bill”, predicts a report released this week by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [...]

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