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In 13 LAC countries, bioeconomic products represent 17.2% of production, 12.5% of imports, 28.6% of exports and 24.9% of final consumption (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, América Latina y el Caribe ante las trampas del desarrollo: transformaciones indispensables y cómo gestionarlas (LC/SES.40/3-P/-*), Santiago, 2024
9.5% is the projected annual decline in the price index for agricultural and livestock products (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL, 2024
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
2.1% was the year-on-year fall in the price index of the main commodities exported by LAC (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL, 2024
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
The 17.2% prevalence of hunger in the Caribbean is three times higher than the figures recorded in South America (5.2%) and in Central America and Mexico (5.8%) (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
8.4% and 5.6% represent the highest tariff equivalents of non-tariff measures in LAC intraregional trade, applied to the agriculture, hunting and fishing, and processed food sectors, respectively (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL, 2024
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
15.5% was the average of global food exports represented by LAC between 2020 and 2022 (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
41 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean suffered from hunger in 2023 (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, Perspectivas del Comercio Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/16-P), Santiago, 2024
70% is the projected level of export participation in the total value of production in Latin America and the Caribbean for 2033 (OECD and FAO, 2024).
(OCDE y FAO, 2024)
OECD/FAO (2024), OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033, OECD Publishing, Paris/FAO, Rome, https://doi.org/10.1787/4c5d2cfb-en.
15% of global livestock production comes from Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD and FAO, 2024).
OCDE y FAO (2024)
OECD/FAO (2024), OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033, OECD Publishing, Paris/FAO, Rome, https://doi.org/10.1787/4c5d2cfb-en.
3 million hectares of forest were lost annually in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2020, the second highest total in the world (UNCCD, 2024).
UNCCD, 2024
UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.