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<p>The aim of the study is to examine the regional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its individual waves on foreign trade in food and agro-based products in the world’s largest trading countries. The study was based on the statistical database of the International Trade Centre (ITC). In addition to the basic analysis, use was made of the auto-correlation method to detect special relationships between foreign food trade of different countries. The results show that the pandemic has had the greatest impact on agricultural and food trade in the United States, but it has spilled over to other countries as well, especially its two major trading partners, the European Union and China. Food trade stagnated in the initial period of the pandemic, but later recovered relatively well. The six examined regions can be divided into three groups based on the typical features of their autocorrelation.</p>
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The aim of the study is to examine the regional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its individual waves on foreign trade in food and agro-based products in the world’s largest trading countries. The study was based on the statistical database of the International Trade Centre (ITC). In addition to the basic analysis, use was made of the auto-correlation method to detect special relationships between foreign food trade of different countries. The results show that the pandemic has had the greatest impact on agricultural and food trade in the United States, but it has spilled over to other countries as well, especially its two major trading partners, the European Union and China. Food trade stagnated in the initial period of the pandemic, but later recovered relatively well. The six examined regions can be divided into three groups based on the typical features of their autocorrelation.

International Trade in Food and Agro-Based Products in the Time of COVID-19

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The aim of the study is to examine the regional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its individual waves on foreign trade in food and agro-based products in...

2019	Import (Million US dollars)
Export	Country/ Region	European Union	United States	China	Canada	Russian Federation	India	Brazil
	European Union	–	25,840	10,375	3,566	5,739	632	1,491
	United States	3,880	–	2,093	15,335	188	229	329
	China	3,745	3,954	–	693	824	207	198
	Canada	751	18,163	2,026	–	53	14	44
	Russian Federation	1,550	43	1,283	10	–	164	9
	India	1,842	3,868	1,570	329	187	–	47
	Brazil	5,383	1,520	768	188	129	521	–
2020	Import
Export	Country/ Region	European Union	United States	China	Canada	Russian Federation	India	Brazil
	European Union	–	24,982	10,573	3,711	5,610	640	1,575
	United States	3,664	–	2,536	14,885	184	209	374
	China	3,590	4,106	–	672	756	146	198
	Canada	795	18,561	2,212	–	46	20	35
	Russian Federation	1,732	81	1,815	12	–	365	23
	India	1,790	3,954	1,543	397	189	–	67
	Brazil	4,793	1,546	1,681	322	89	754	–

International Trade in Food and Agro-Based Products in the Time of COVID-19

Data publikacji: 21 cze 2024

Zakres stron: 5 - 16

Otrzymano: 24 lis 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2024-0016

© 2024 Nóra Gombkötő et al., published by Sciendo

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Fig. 1.

Fig. 2.

Trade in processed food and agro-based products between major trading partner countries in 2019 and 2020.