@article{Caballero:115530,
      recid = {115530},
      author = {Caballero, Jorge and O'Connor, Ernesto and Amado, Blanca},
      title = {Latin America's Agricultural Exports to China: Recent  Trends},
      address = {2011},
      number = {925-2016-72999},
      pages = {18},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {Latin America is becoming the fastest growing agricultural  production region and Brazil has by far the fastest growing  agricultural sector. China from being a small agricultural  importer (1.4% of world imports in 1990/01), became the  fifth largest importer at 5.4% of world imports in 2006/07.  China's overall trade with Latin America has expanded  substantially during the last two decades -the rate of  growth has been greater than any other region in the world  since 2005. Most exports from Latin America to China are  primary products while Chinese exports to Latin America are  mostly industrial products. The Chinese demand for  agricultural products is concentrated in food products such  as grains and oilseeds. Countries specialised in those  commodities –eg. Brazil and Argentina- exhibit a strong  orientation on the Chinese market. In turn, growing  subsectors in China, like fruits and vegetables, are posing  strong competition to some world supplier countries in  Latin America such as Chile and Peru. Since China is  promoting structural reforms of its agricultural sector,  aimed at increasing productivity and improving food  security, and is expanding their direct investments  overseas to secure provision of raw materials, Latin  American governments need to pursue long-run strategic  public policies. They need to optimize trade results and  promote production efficiency that on one hand contribute  to take advantage of the current market situation but at  the same time assure the protection of the natural  resources and preserve the production capacity and the  agricultural diversity.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/115530},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.115530},
}