In terms of imports, France is not one of Europe’s major buyers. This was permitted under the terms of the embargo. The report, published on March 14, does not include France’s more recent deals to sell its Rafale jets to the United Arab Emirates, confirmed in December 2021, and Indonesia, confirmed in February this year.Ī recent article by the investigative news site Disclose revealed that France continued to issue export licences to Russia after the EU imposed an arms embargo on the country in 2014.įrance’s armed forces ministry stated after that it “allowed the termination of certain contracts concluded before 2014”, Euractiv reported. These three countries made up 56% of France’s total arms exports between 20.

Continued economic growth and an expanding middle-class also bodes well for increased exports of poultry, fruits and vegetables, and other higher-valued consumer- oriented goods.It remains behind the US and Russia as the biggest exporters, who in the 2017-2021 period supplied 39% and 19% of the global arms exports respectively.Ĭhina is now the fourth-biggest exporter of arms, and Germany is fifth.įrance’s high exports are mainly due to sales of Dassault Rafale fighter jets, which it has mainly supplied to Egypt, Qatar and India. agricultural products, including corn, soybeans, and other animal feeds needed to replenish its growing swine heard.

China recovered from COVID-19 more quickly than most of the world and is increasing purchases of U.S. agricultural products is expected to continue. China also implemented a program to exempt retaliatory tariffs which improves the competitiveness of U.S. agricultural products with 50 of these 57 commitments implemented on time. Under the agreement, China removed specified structural barriers to U.S. Due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic and related impacts on global demand, China missed its commitment by about 30 percent. agricultural products for the first 2 years (20) of the Phase One Agreement. soybeans and feed products grew, as China worked to rebuild its swine population.Ĭhina’s Agricultural Suppliers Looking AheadĬhina committed to purchases nearly $40 billion per year of U.S.

African swine fever significantly reduced China’s swine herd, which led to increases in demand for U.S.

agricultural products, including cotton, soybeans, wheat, and corn.

China’s economic recovery from COVID-19 led to strong demand for U.S.

The Chinese Government created an exclusion process for retaliatory Section 301 tariffs on a wide range of products imports of these products have risen significantly since this process was granted.

While exports for most commodity groups were up, a few including processed vegetables, hides & skins, and wine & beer were down $29 million, $23 million, and $18 million, respectively. exports of pork & pork products, coarse grains (excluding corn), and poultry meat & products (excluding eggs) were up $980 million, $962 million, and $752 million, respectively. Exports of all top 10 commodity groups increased in 2020, with the largest increases for soybeans, corn, and cotton which were up $6.2 billion, $1.2 billion, and $1.1 billion, respectively. agricultural exports in the world’s largest food import market. China also removed certain structural barriers to trade, expanding market access for a variety of U.S. products, including agricultural products. In 2020, China established a process for importers to seek exclusions for retaliatory Section 301 tariffs on U.S. Brazil (22 percent market share) and the United States (15 percent) were the top suppliers of agricultural goods to China, followed by the European Union with 14 percent. agricultural exports, a position it last held in 2016. agricultural exports to China totaled $26.4 billion, up $12.6 billion from 2019.

China biggest exporter