In the first half of the year, America's agricultural trade surplus rose sharply

Introduction: according to the latest US agricultural trade report provided by the economic research center of the US Department of agriculture, the US agricultural trade surplus has reached US $94 in the first half of fiscal year 2001, almost US $2 billion higher than that in the same period of fiscal year 2000 Up to now, the total agricultural exports of the United States have reached 32.4 billion US dollars, up from 1.8 billion US dollars in the same period of 2000, mainly due to the increase of 1.5 billion US dollars in exports of high value-added products At the same time, as of the first half of the year, the cumulative total value of U.S imports decreased by 29 million US dollars compared with the same period of 2000 U.S agriculture continues to experience the joy of success in the world market We need to continue to follow strong trade policies, including trade promotion mandates, and we need to follow these policies to ensure the continued growth of trade exports, said Ann M Veneman, Secretary General of agriculture at the U.S Department of agriculture The export of high value-added products is one of the main reasons for the strengthening of U.S agricultural exports, and the increase of U.S agricultural exports means that the balance of U.S agricultural trade is good Up to now, the export value of high value-added products in the United States has reached 21 billion US dollars This is mainly due to the significant increase in the export of livestock products, especially leather products and fur products Like the export of livestock and fodder, the export of horticultural products also showed an upward trend Although the exchange rate of the US dollar in the international market continued to maintain a strong trend, the export of fruits, nuts, vegetables and sugar as well as tropical products increased significantly in all horticultural exports The value-added of US $265 million in exports of bulk products is due to the strong export of us soybeans so far At present, the output value of American soybean export has reached 4.1 billion US dollars, and the total export volume has reached 24.5 million tons Compared with the same period in 2000, the output value and total export volume of American soybean have increased by 400 million US dollars and 2.5 million tons respectively Among them, the number of soybeans exported to China increased by 2.5 million tons, an increase of 89% compared with last year Exports of corn, rice and tobacco declined slightly But the total export volume of bulk products is still up 1.2 million tons compared with 2000 This was mainly affected by the rise in wheat exports in April 2001 Up to now, the total value of U.S wheat exports has reached 1.9 billion US dollars, up 115 million US dollars compared with the same period of 2000 Export shipments of wheat increased by 439000 tons Compared with 2000, the consumption and import of corn in the world have declined to a certain extent, and the total output value and export volume of corn in the United States have declined At the same time, the total value of U.S imports announced by the U.S Department of agriculture up to now is 23 billion U.S dollars, with a significant decline compared with 2000 The decline of import is mainly due to the decline of coffee import The import value of coffee in this year is 41% lower than that in 2000, and the import volume is 16% lower However, the total import value and import volume of cocoa and rubber also decreased in different degrees compared with 2000.