The CIA World Factbook Edition 1997 Economy

Agricultural products In 36 editions of 36.

Agricultural products was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1997 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section, under the heading “Agriculture - products”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1997 edition
234
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Agriculture - products” (1997 to 2020), “Agriculture” (1990 to 1996), “Agricultural products” (2021 to 2025), “Agriculture-products” (1998) and “Agriculture--products” (1999).

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World

1 entry

World

the whole gamut of crops, livestock, forest products, and fish

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

  • wheat,
  • barley,
  • oats,
  • grapes,
  • olives,
  • citrus,
  • fruits;
  • sheep,
  • cattle

Angola

  • bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc (tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains;
  • livestock;
  • forest products;
  • fish

Benin

  • corn,
  • sorghum,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • yams,
  • beans,
  • rice,
  • cotton,
  • palm oil,
  • peanuts;
  • poultry,
  • livestock

Botswana

  • sorghum,
  • maize,
  • millet,
  • pulses,
  • groundnuts (peanuts),
  • beans,
  • cowpeas,
  • sunflower seed;
  • livestock

Burkina Faso

  • peanuts,
  • shea nuts,
  • sesame,
  • cotton,
  • sorghum,
  • millet,
  • corn,
  • rice;
  • livestock

Burundi

  • coffee,
  • cotton,
  • tea,
  • corn,
  • sorghum,
  • sweet potatoes,
  • bananas,
  • manioc (tapioca);
  • meat,
  • milk,
  • hides

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

  • bananas,
  • corn,
  • beans,
  • sweet potatoes,
  • sugarcane,
  • coffee,
  • peanuts;
  • fish

Cameroon

  • coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains, root starches;
  • livestock;
  • timber

Central African Republic

  • cotton,
  • coffee,
  • tobacco,
  • manioc (tapioca),
  • yams,
  • millet,
  • corn,
  • bananas;
  • timber

Chad

  • cotton,
  • sorghum,
  • millet,
  • peanuts,
  • rice,
  • potatoes,
  • manioc (tapioca);
  • cattle,
  • sheep,
  • goats,
  • camels

Comoros

  • vanilla,
  • cloves,
  • perfume essences,
  • copra,
  • coconuts,
  • bananas,
  • cassava (tapioca)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • coffee,
  • sugar,
  • palm oil,
  • rubber,
  • tea,
  • quinine,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • palm oil,
  • bananas,
  • root crops,
  • corn,
  • fruits;
  • wood products

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

cassava (tapioca) accounts for 90% of food output, sugar, rice, corn, peanuts, vegetables, coffee, cocoa; forest products

Cote d'Ivoire

  • coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, palm kernels, corn, rice, manioc (tapioca), sweet potatoes, sugar;
  • cotton, rubber;
  • timber

Djibouti

  • fruits,
  • vegetables;
  • goats,
  • sheep,
  • camels

Egypt

  • cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables;
  • cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats;
  • annual fish catch about 140,000 metric tons

Equatorial Guinea

  • coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca), bananas, palm oil nuts, manioc;
  • livestock;
  • timber

Eritrea

  • sorghum, lentils, vegetables, maize, cotton, tobacco, coffee, sisal (for making rope);
  • livestock (including goats);
  • fish

Swaziland now Eswatini

  • sugarcane,
  • cotton,
  • maize,
  • tobacco,
  • rice,
  • citrus,
  • pineapples,
  • corn,
  • sorghum,
  • peanuts;
  • cattle,
  • goats,
  • sheep

Ethiopia

  • cereals,
  • pulses,
  • coffee,
  • oilseed,
  • sugarcane,
  • potatoes,
  • other vegetables;
  • hides,
  • cattle,
  • sheep,
  • goats

Gabon

  • cocoa, coffee, sugar, palm oil;
  • rubber;
  • okoume (a tropical softwood);
  • cattle;
  • small fishing operations (provide a catch of about 30,000 metric tons)

The Gambia

  • peanuts, millet, sorghum, rice, corn, cassava (tapioca), palm kernels;
  • cattle, sheep, goats;
  • forest and fishing resources not fully exploited

Ghana

  • cocoa,
  • rice,
  • coffee,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • peanuts,
  • corn,
  • shea nuts,
  • bananas;
  • timber

Guinea

  • rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (tapioca), bananas, sweet potatoes;
  • cattle, sheep, goats;
  • timber

Guinea-Bissau

  • rice,
  • corn,
  • beans,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • cashew nuts,
  • peanuts,
  • palm kernels,
  • cotton;
  • fishing and forest potential not fully exploited

Kenya

  • coffee,
  • tea,
  • corn,
  • wheat,
  • sugarcane,
  • fruit,
  • vegetables;
  • dairy products,
  • beef,
  • pork,
  • poultry,
  • eggs

Lesotho

  • corn,
  • wheat,
  • pulses,
  • sorghum,
  • barley;
  • livestock

Liberia

  • rubber, coffee, cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, sugarcane, bananas;
  • sheep, goats;
  • timber

Libya

  • wheat,
  • barley,
  • olives,
  • dates,
  • citrus,
  • vegetables,
  • peanuts;
  • meat,
  • eggs

Madagascar

  • coffee,
  • vanilla,
  • sugarcane,
  • cloves,
  • cocoa,
  • rice,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • beans,
  • bananas,
  • peanuts;
  • livestock products

Malawi

  • tobacco,
  • sugarcane,
  • cotton,
  • tea,
  • corn,
  • potatoes,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • sorghum,
  • pulses;
  • cattle,
  • goats

Mali

  • cotton,
  • millet,
  • rice,
  • corn,
  • vegetables,
  • peanuts;
  • cattle,
  • sheep,
  • goats

Mauritania

  • dates, millet, sorghum, root crops;
  • cattle, sheep;
  • fish products

Mauritius

  • sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses;
  • cattle, goats;
  • fish

Mayotte

  • vanilla,
  • ylang-ylang,
  • coffee,
  • copra

Morocco

  • barley,
  • wheat,
  • citrus,
  • wine,
  • vegetables,
  • olives;
  • livestock

Mozambique

  • cotton,
  • cashew nuts,
  • sugarcane,
  • tea,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • corn,
  • rice,
  • tropical fruits;
  • beef,
  • poultry

Namibia

  • millet, sorghum, peanuts;
  • livestock;
  • fish catch potential of over 1 million metric tons not being fulfilled

Niger

  • cowpeas,
  • cotton,
  • peanuts,
  • millet,
  • sorghum,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • rice;
  • cattle,
  • sheep,
  • goats

Nigeria

  • cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber ;
  • cattle, sheep, goats, pigs;
  • fishing and forest resources extensively exploited

Reunion

  • sugarcane,
  • vanilla,
  • tobacco,
  • tropical fruits,
  • vegetables,
  • corn

Rwanda

  • coffee,
  • tea,
  • pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums),
  • bananas,
  • beans,
  • sorghum,
  • potatoes;
  • livestock

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  • maize, potatoes, vegetables;
  • timber production being developed;
  • crawfishing on Tristan da Cunha

Sao Tome and Principe

  • cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, copra, cinnamon, pepper, coffee, bananas, papaya, beans;
  • poultry;
  • fish

Senegal

  • peanuts, millet, corn, sorghum, rice, cotton, tomatoes, green vegetables;
  • cattle, poultry, pigs;
  • fish

Seychelles

  • coconuts, cinnamon, vanilla, sweet potatoes, cassava (tapioca), bananas;
  • broiler chickens;
  • tuna fishing (expansion under way)

Sierra Leone

  • rice, coffee, cocoa, palm kernels, palm oil, peanuts;
  • poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs;
  • fish

Somalia

  • bananas, sorghum, corn, mangoes, sugarcane;
  • cattle, sheep, goats;
  • fishing potential largely unexploited

South Africa

  • corn,
  • wheat,
  • sugarcane,
  • fruits,
  • vegetables;
  • beef,
  • poultry,
  • mutton,
  • wool,
  • dairy products

Sudan

  • cotton,
  • groundnuts,
  • sorghum,
  • millet,
  • wheat,
  • gum arabic,
  • sesame;
  • sheep

Tanzania

  • coffee,
  • sisal,
  • tea,
  • cotton,
  • pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums),
  • cashews,
  • tobacco,
  • cloves (Zanzibar),
  • corn,
  • wheat,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • bananas,
  • fruits,
  • vegetables;
  • cattle,
  • sheep,
  • goats

Togo

  • coffee, cocoa, cotton, yams, cassava (tapioca), corn, beans, rice, millet, sorghum;
  • meat;
  • annual fish catch of 10,000-14,000 tons

Tunisia

  • olives,
  • dates,
  • oranges,
  • almonds,
  • grain,
  • sugar beets,
  • grapes;
  • poultry,
  • beef,
  • dairy products

Uganda

  • coffee,
  • tea,
  • cotton,
  • tobacco,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • potatoes,
  • corn,
  • millet,
  • pulses;
  • beef,
  • goat meat,
  • milk,
  • poultry

Western Sahara

  • fruits and vegetables (grown in the few oases);
  • camels,
  • sheep,
  • goats (kept by the nomads)

Zambia

  • corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca);
  • cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, beef, pork, poultry meat, milk, eggs, hides

Zimbabwe

  • corn,
  • cotton,
  • tobacco,
  • wheat,
  • coffee,
  • sugarcane,
  • peanuts;
  • cattle,
  • sheep,
  • goats,
  • pigs

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

  • forage crops,
  • small garden vegetables;
  • sheep,
  • fish

Iceland

  • potatoes, turnips;
  • cattle, sheep;
  • fish catch of about 1.1 million metric tons in 1992

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

  • wheat,
  • fruits,
  • nuts,
  • karakul pelts;
  • wool,
  • mutton

Armenia

  • fruit (especially grapes), vegetables;
  • vineyards near Yerevan are famous for brandy and other liqueurs;
  • minor livestock sector

Azerbaijan

  • cotton,
  • grain,
  • rice,
  • grapes,
  • fruit,
  • vegetables,
  • tea,
  • tobacco;
  • cattle,
  • pigs,
  • sheep,
  • goats

Bangladesh

  • rice,
  • jute,
  • tea,
  • wheat,
  • sugarcane,
  • potatoes;
  • beef,
  • milk,
  • poultry

Bhutan

  • rice,
  • corn,
  • root crops,
  • citrus,
  • foodgrains;
  • dairy products,
  • eggs

China

  • rice, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, other fibers, oilseed;
  • pork and other livestock products;
  • fish

Georgia

  • citrus,
  • grapes,
  • tea,
  • vegetables,
  • potatoes;
  • small livestock sector

India

  • rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes;
  • cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry;
  • fish catch of about 3 million metric tons ranks India among the world's top 10 fishing nations

Japan

  • rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit;
  • pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs;
  • world's largest fish catch of 10 million metric tons in 1991

Kazakstan now Kazakhstan

  • grain,
  • mostly spring wheat,
  • cotton;
  • wool,
  • meat

Korea, North now North Korea

  • rice,
  • corn,
  • potatoes,
  • soybeans,
  • pulses;
  • cattle,
  • pigs,
  • pork,
  • eggs

Korea, South now South Korea

  • rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit;
  • cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs;
  • fish catch of 2.9 million metric tons, seventh largest in world

Kyrgyzstan

  • wool,
  • tobacco,
  • cotton,
  • potatoes,
  • vegetables,
  • grapes,
  • fruits and berries;
  • sheep,
  • goats,
  • cattle

Maldives

  • coconuts,
  • corn,
  • sweet potatoes;
  • fishing

Mongolia

  • wheat,
  • barley,
  • potatoes,
  • forage crops;
  • sheep,
  • goats,
  • cattle,
  • camels,
  • horses

Nepal

  • rice,
  • corn,
  • wheat,
  • sugarcane,
  • root crops;
  • milk,
  • water buffalo meat

Pakistan

  • cotton,
  • wheat,
  • rice,
  • sugarcane,
  • fruits,
  • vegetables;
  • milk,
  • beef,
  • mutton,
  • eggs

Russia

  • grain,
  • sugar beets,
  • sunflower seed,
  • vegetables,
  • fruits (because of its northern location does not grow citrus, cotton, tea, and other warm climate products);
  • meat,
  • milk

Sri Lanka

  • rice,
  • sugarcane,
  • grains,
  • pulses,
  • oilseed,
  • roots,
  • spices,
  • tea,
  • rubber,
  • coconuts;
  • milk,
  • eggs,
  • hides,
  • meat

Tajikistan

  • cotton,
  • grain,
  • fruits,
  • grapes,
  • vegetables;
  • cattle,
  • sheep,
  • goats

Turkmenistan

cotton, grain; livestock

Uzbekistan

  • cotton,
  • vegetables,
  • fruits,
  • grain;
  • livestock

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

  • pigeon peas, corn, sweet potatoes;
  • sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, poultry;
  • fishing (including lobster)

Antigua and Barbuda

  • cotton,
  • fruits,
  • vegetables,
  • bananas,
  • coconuts,
  • cucumbers,
  • mangoes,
  • sugarcane;
  • livestock

Aruba

  • aloes;
  • livestock;
  • fishing

The Bahamas

citrus, vegetables; poultry

Barbados

  • sugarcane,
  • vegetables,
  • cotton

Belize

  • bananas, coca, citrus, sugarcane;
  • lumber;
  • fish, cultured shrimp

British Virgin Islands

  • fruits, vegetables;
  • livestock, poultry;
  • fish

Cayman Islands

  • vegetables, fruit;
  • livestock;
  • turtle farming

Costa Rica

  • coffee, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes;
  • beef;
  • timber (depletion of forest resources has resulted in declining timber output)

Cuba

  • sugarcane,
  • tobacco,
  • citrus,
  • coffee,
  • rice,
  • potatoes and other tubers,
  • beans;
  • livestock

Dominica

  • bananas,
  • citrus,
  • mangoes,
  • root crops,
  • coconuts;
  • forestry and fisheries potential not exploited

Dominican Republic

  • sugarcane,
  • coffee,
  • cotton,
  • cocoa,
  • tobacco,
  • rice,
  • beans,
  • potatoes,
  • corn,
  • bananas;
  • cattle,
  • pigs,
  • dairy products,
  • meat,
  • eggs

El Salvador

  • coffee, sugarcane, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum;
  • beef, dairy products;
  • shrimp

Grenada

  • bananas,
  • cocoa,
  • nutmeg,
  • mace,
  • citrus,
  • avocados,
  • root crops,
  • sugarcane,
  • corn,
  • vegetables

Guadeloupe

  • bananas,
  • sugarcane,
  • tropical fruits and vegetables;
  • cattle,
  • pigs,
  • goats

Guatemala

  • sugarcane,
  • corn,
  • bananas,
  • coffee,
  • beans,
  • cardamom;
  • cattle,
  • sheep,
  • pigs,
  • chickens

Haiti

  • coffee,
  • mangoes,
  • sugarcane,
  • rice,
  • corn,
  • sorghum;
  • wood

Honduras

  • bananas, coffee, citrus;
  • beef;
  • timber;
  • shrimp;

Jamaica

  • sugarcane,
  • bananas,
  • coffee,
  • citrus,
  • potatoes,
  • vegetables;
  • poultry,
  • goats,
  • milk

Martinique

  • pineapples,
  • avocados,
  • bananas,
  • flowers,
  • vegetables,
  • sugarcane for rum

Montserrat

  • cabbages,
  • carrots,
  • cucumbers,
  • tomatoes,
  • onions,
  • peppers;
  • livestock products

Netherlands Antilles

  • aloes,
  • sorghum,
  • peanuts,
  • vegetables,
  • tropical fruit

Nicaragua

  • coffee,
  • bananas,
  • sugarcane,
  • cotton,
  • rice,
  • corn,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • citrus,
  • beans;
  • beef,
  • veal,
  • pork,
  • poultry,
  • dairy products

Panama

  • bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables;
  • livestock;
  • fishing (shrimp)

Puerto Rico

  • livestock products,
  • chickens;
  • sugarcane,
  • coffee,
  • pineapples,
  • plantains,
  • bananas

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • sugarcane,
  • rice,
  • yams,
  • vegetables,
  • bananas;
  • fishing potential not fully exploited

Saint Lucia

  • bananas,
  • coconuts,
  • vegetables,
  • citrus,
  • root crops,
  • cocoa

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • bananas, coconuts, sweet potatoes, spices;
  • small numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats;
  • small fish catch used locally

Trinidad and Tobago

  • cocoa,
  • sugarcane,
  • rice,
  • citrus,
  • coffee,
  • vegetables;
  • poultry

Turks and Caicos Islands

corn, beans; fish

Virgin Islands

  • truck garden products,
  • fruit,
  • vegetables,
  • sorghum;
  • Senepol cattle

Europe

45 entries

Albania

wide range of temperate-zone crops and livestock

Andorra

  • small quantities of tobacco,
  • rye,
  • wheat,
  • barley,
  • oats,
  • vegetables;
  • sheep raising

Austria

  • grains, fruit, potatoes, sugar beets;
  • cattle, pigs, poultry;
  • sawn wood

Belarus

  • grain,
  • potatoes,
  • vegetables;
  • meat,
  • milk

Belgium

  • sugar beets,
  • fresh vegetables,
  • fruits,
  • grain,
  • tobacco;
  • beef,
  • veal,
  • pork,
  • milk

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • wheat,
  • corn,
  • fruits,
  • vegetables;
  • livestock

Bulgaria

  • grain,
  • oilseed,
  • vegetables,
  • fruits,
  • tobacco;
  • livestock

Croatia

  • wheat,
  • corn,
  • sugar beets,
  • sunflower seed,
  • alfalfa,
  • clover,
  • olives,
  • citrus,
  • grapes,
  • vegetables;
  • livestock breeding,
  • dairy farming

Czech Republic now Czechia

  • grains, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit;
  • pigs, cattle, poultry;
  • forest products

Denmark

  • grain, potatoes, rape, sugar beets;
  • meat, dairy products;
  • fish

Estonia

  • potatoes, fruits, vegetables;
  • livestock and dairy products;
  • fish

Faroe Islands

  • milk, potatoes, vegetables;
  • sheep;
  • salmon farming;
  • fish

Finland

  • cereals, sugar beets, potatoes;
  • dairy cattle;
  • annual fish catch about 160,000 metric tons

France

  • wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes;
  • beef, dairy products;
  • fish catch of 850,000 metric tons ranks among world's top 20 countries and is all used domestically

Germany

western:
  • potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbage;
  • cattle, pigs, poultry;
  • eastern: wheat, rye, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, fruit;
  • pork, beef, chicken, milk, hides

Gibraltar

none

Greece

  • wheat,
  • corn,
  • barley,
  • sugar beets,
  • olives,
  • tomatoes,
  • wine,
  • tobacco,
  • potatoes;
  • meat,
  • dairy products

Guernsey

  • tomatoes,
  • greenhouse flowers,
  • sweet peppers,
  • eggplant,
  • other vegetables,
  • fruit;
  • Guernsey cattle

Hungary

  • wheat,
  • corn,
  • sunflower seed,
  • potatoes,
  • sugar beets;
  • pigs,
  • cattle,
  • poultry,
  • dairy products

Ireland

  • turnips,
  • barley,
  • potatoes,
  • sugar beets,
  • wheat;
  • meat and dairy products

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

  • cereals,
  • vegetables;
  • cattle,
  • sheep,
  • pigs,
  • poultry

Italy

  • fruits, vegetables, grapes, potatoes, sugar beets, soybeans, grain, olives;
  • meat and dairy products;
  • fish catch of 525,000 metric tons in 1990

Jersey

  • potatoes,
  • cauliflowers,
  • tomatoes;
  • meat,
  • dairy products

Latvia

  • grain, sugar beets, potatoes, vegetables;
  • meat, milk, eggs;
  • fish

Liechtenstein

  • wheat,
  • barley,
  • maize,
  • potatoes;
  • livestock,
  • dairy products

Lithuania

  • grain, potatoes, sugar beets, vegetables;
  • meat, milk, eggs;
  • fish;
  • flax fiber

Luxembourg

  • barley,
  • oats,
  • potatoes,
  • wheat,
  • fruits,
  • wine grapes;
  • livestock products

Malta

  • potatoes,
  • cauliflower,
  • grapes,
  • wheat,
  • barley,
  • tomatoes,
  • citrus,
  • cut flowers,
  • green peppers;
  • pork,
  • milk,
  • poultry,
  • eggs

Moldova

  • vegetables,
  • fruits,
  • wine,
  • grain,
  • sugar beets,
  • sunflower seed,
  • tobacco;
  • meat,
  • milk

Monaco

none

Netherlands

  • grains,
  • potatoes,
  • sugar beets,
  • fruits,
  • vegetables;
  • livestock

Macedonia, now North Macedonia

  • rice,
  • tobacco,
  • wheat,
  • corn,
  • millet,
  • cotton,
  • sesame,
  • mulberry leaves,
  • citrus,
  • vegetables;
  • beef,
  • pork,
  • poultry,
  • mutton

Norway

  • oats, other grains;
  • beef, milk;
  • livestock output exceeds value of crops;
  • among world's top 10 fishing nations;
  • fish catch of 2.33 million metric tons in 1994

Poland

  • potatoes, milk, fruits, vegetables, wheat;
  • poultry and eggs;
  • pork, beef

Portugal

  • grain,
  • potatoes,
  • olives,
  • grapes;
  • sheep,
  • cattle,
  • goats,
  • poultry,
  • meat,
  • dairy products

Romania

  • wheat,
  • corn,
  • sugar beets,
  • sunflower seed,
  • potatoes,
  • grapes;
  • milk,
  • eggs,
  • meat

San Marino

  • wheat,
  • grapes,
  • maize,
  • olives;
  • cattle,
  • pigs,
  • horses,
  • meat,
  • cheese,
  • hides

Serbia and Montenegro

  • cereals,
  • fruits,
  • vegetables,
  • tobacco,
  • olives;
  • cattle,
  • sheep,
  • goats

Slovakia

  • grains, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit;
  • hogs, cattle, poultry;
  • forest products

Slovenia

  • potatoes,
  • hops,
  • wheat,
  • sugar beets,
  • corn,
  • grapes;
  • cattle,
  • sheep,
  • poultry

Spain

  • grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus;
  • beef, pork, poultry, dairy products;
  • fish catch of 866,831 metric tons in 1993

Sweden

  • grains,
  • sugar beets,
  • potatoes;
  • meat,
  • milk

Switzerland

  • grains,
  • fruits,
  • vegetables;
  • meat,
  • eggs

Ukraine

  • grain,
  • sugar beets,
  • vegetables;
  • meat,
  • milk

United Kingdom

  • cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables;
  • cattle, sheep, poultry;
  • fish

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

  • fruit, vegetables;
  • poultry, dairy products;
  • shrimp, fish

Cyprus

  • potatoes,
  • citrus,
  • vegetables,
  • barley,
  • grapes,
  • olives,
  • vegetables

Gaza Strip

  • olives,
  • citrus,
  • other fruits,
  • vegetables;
  • beef,
  • dairy products

Iran

  • wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton;
  • dairy products, wool;
  • caviar

Iraq

  • wheat,
  • barley,
  • rice,
  • vegetables,
  • dates,
  • other fruit,
  • cotton;
  • cattle,
  • sheep

Israel

  • citrus and other fruits,
  • vegetables,
  • cotton;
  • beef,
  • poultry,
  • dairy products

Jordan

  • wheat,
  • barley,
  • citrus,
  • tomatoes,
  • melons,
  • olives;
  • sheep,
  • goats,
  • poultry

Kuwait

practically no crops; extensive fishing in territorial waters

Lebanon

  • citrus,
  • vegetables,
  • potatoes,
  • olives,
  • tobacco,
  • hemp (hashish);
  • sheep,
  • goats

Oman

  • dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables;
  • camels, cattle;
  • annual fish catch averages 100,000 metric tons

Qatar

  • fruits, vegetables;
  • poultry, dairy products, beef;
  • fish (all on small scale)

Saudi Arabia

  • wheat,
  • barley,
  • tomatoes,
  • melons,
  • dates,
  • citrus;
  • mutton,
  • chickens,
  • eggs,
  • milk

Syria

  • wheat,
  • barley,
  • cotton,
  • lentils,
  • chickpeas;
  • beef,
  • lamb,
  • eggs,
  • poultry,
  • milk

Turkey now Turkiye

  • tobacco,
  • cotton,
  • grain,
  • olives,
  • sugar beets,
  • pulses,
  • citrus;
  • livestock

United Arab Emirates

  • dates, vegetables, watermelons;
  • poultry, eggs, dairy products;
  • fish

West Bank

  • olives,
  • citrus and other fruits,
  • vegetables;
  • beef,
  • dairy products

Yemen

  • grain, fruits, vegetables, qat (mildly narcotic shrub), coffee, cotton;
  • dairy products, poultry, meat;
  • fish

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

  • bananas,
  • vegetables,
  • citrus,
  • flowers;
  • dairy products

Canada

  • wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables;
  • dairy products;
  • forest products;
  • commercial fisheries provide annual catch of 1.5 million metric tons, of which 75% is exported

Mexico

  • corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes;
  • beef, poultry, dairy products;
  • wood products

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs; fish catch of 14,800 metric tons (1994)

United States

  • wheat, other grains, corn, fruits, vegetables, cotton;
  • beef, pork, poultry, dairy products;
  • forest products;
  • fish

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

  • bananas,
  • coconuts,
  • vegetables,
  • taro,
  • breadfruit,
  • yams,
  • copra,
  • pineapples,
  • papayas;
  • dairy farming

Australia

  • wheat,
  • barley,
  • sugarcane,
  • fruits;
  • cattle,
  • sheep,
  • poultry

Cook Islands

  • copra,
  • citrus,
  • pineapples,
  • tomatoes,
  • bananas,
  • yams,
  • taro,
  • coffee

Fiji

  • sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), rice, sweet potatoes, bananas;
  • cattle, pigs, horses, goats;
  • fish catch 13,796 tons (1991)

French Polynesia

  • coconuts,
  • vanilla,
  • vegetables,
  • fruits;
  • poultry,
  • beef,
  • dairy products

Guam

  • fruits,
  • copra,
  • vegetables;
  • eggs,
  • pork,
  • poultry,
  • beef

Kiribati

  • copra,
  • taro,
  • breadfruit,
  • sweet potatoes,
  • vegetables;
  • fish

Marshall Islands

  • coconuts,
  • cacao,
  • taro,
  • breadfruit,
  • fruits;
  • pigs,
  • chickens

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • black pepper,
  • tropical fruits and vegetables,
  • coconuts,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • sweet potatoes;
  • pigs,
  • chickens

Nauru

coconuts predominate

New Caledonia

vegetables; beef, other livestock products

New Zealand

  • wheat, barley, potatoes, pulses, fruits, vegetables;
  • wool, meat, dairy products;
  • fish catch reached a record 503,000 metric tons in 1988

Niue

  • coconuts,
  • passion fruit,
  • honey,
  • limes,
  • taro,
  • yams,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • sweet potatoes;
  • pigs,
  • poultry,
  • beef cattle

Norfolk Island

  • Norfolk Island pine seed,
  • Kentia palm seed,
  • cereals,
  • vegetables,
  • fruit;
  • cattle,
  • poultry

Northern Mariana Islands

  • coconuts,
  • fruits,
  • vegetables;
  • cattle

Palau

  • coconuts,
  • copra,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • sweet potatoes

Papua New Guinea

  • coffee,
  • cocoa,
  • coconuts,
  • palm kernels,
  • tea,
  • rubber,
  • sweet potatoes,
  • fruit,
  • vegetables;
  • poultry,
  • pork

Pitcairn Islands

wide variety of fruits and vegetables

Western Samoa now Samoa

  • coconuts,
  • bananas,
  • taro,
  • yams

Solomon Islands

  • cocoa, beans, coconuts, palm kernels, rice, potatoes, vegetables, fruit;
  • cattle, pigs;
  • timber;
  • fish

Tokelau

  • coconuts,
  • copra,
  • breadfruit,
  • papaya,
  • bananas;
  • pigs,
  • poultry,
  • goats

Tonga

  • coconuts,
  • copra,
  • bananas,
  • vanilla beans,
  • cocoa,
  • coffee,
  • ginger,
  • black pepper

Tuvalu

coconuts; fish

Vanuatu

  • copra,
  • coconuts,
  • cocoa,
  • coffee,
  • taro,
  • yams,
  • coconuts,
  • fruits,
  • vegetables;
  • fish,
  • beef

Wallis and Futuna

  • yams,
  • taro,
  • bananas;
  • pigs,
  • goats

South America

14 entries

Argentina

  • wheat,
  • corn,
  • sorghum,
  • soybeans,
  • sugar beets;
  • livestock

Bolivia

  • coffee,
  • coca,
  • cotton,
  • corn,
  • sugarcane,
  • rice,
  • potatoes;
  • timber

Brazil

  • coffee,
  • soybeans,
  • wheat,
  • rice,
  • corn,
  • sugarcane,
  • cocoa,
  • citrus;
  • beef

Chile

  • wheat, corn, grapes, beans, sugar beets, potatoes, fruit;
  • beef, poultry, wool;
  • timber;
  • 1991 fish catch of 6.6 million metric tons

Colombia

  • coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables;
  • forest products;
  • shrimp farming

Ecuador

  • bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc, plantains, sugarcane;
  • cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products;
  • balsa wood;
  • fish, shrimp

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

fodder and vegetable crops; sheep farming, small dairy herds

French Guiana

  • rice,
  • corn,
  • manioc,
  • cocoa,
  • vegetables,
  • bananas,
  • sugar;
  • cattle,
  • pigs,
  • poultry

Guyana

  • sugar, rice, wheat, vegetable oils;
  • beef, pork, poultry, dairy products;
  • development potential exists for fishing and forestry

Paraguay

  • cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), fruits, vegetables;
  • beef, pork, eggs, milk;
  • timber

Peru

  • coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, wheat, potatoes, plantains, coca;
  • poultry, red meats, dairy products, wool;
  • fish catch of 6.9 million metric tons (1990)

Suriname

  • paddy rice, bananas, palm kernels, coconuts, plantains, peanuts;
  • beef, chicken;
  • forest products and shrimp of increasing importance

Uruguay

  • wheat, rice, corn, sorghum;
  • livestock;
  • fishing

Venezuela

  • corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, vegetables, coffee;
  • beef, pork, milk, eggs;
  • fish

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

  • rice,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • bananas;
  • water buffalo,
  • pigs

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • paddy rice,
  • corn,
  • oilseed,
  • sugarcane,
  • pulses;
  • hardwood

Cambodia

  • rice,
  • rubber,
  • corn,
  • vegetables

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  • vegetables,
  • bananas,
  • pawpaws,
  • coconuts

Hong Kong

fresh vegetables; poultry

Indonesia

  • rice,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • peanuts,
  • rubber,
  • cocoa,
  • coffee,
  • palm oil,
  • copra,
  • other tropical products;
  • poultry,
  • beef,
  • pork,
  • eggs

Laos

  • sweet potatoes,
  • vegetables,
  • corn,
  • coffee,
  • sugarcane,
  • cotton;
  • water buffalo,
  • pigs,
  • cattle,
  • poultry

Macau

rice, vegetables

Malaysia

  • Peninsular Malaysia - natural rubber, palm oil, rice;
  • Sabah - subsistence crops, rubber, timber, coconut, rice;
  • Sarawak - rubber, pepper;
  • timber

Philippines

  • rice, coconuts, corn, sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, mangoes;
  • pork, eggs, beef;
  • fish catch of 2 million metric tons annually

Singapore

  • rubber,
  • copra,
  • fruit,
  • vegetables;
  • poultry

Taiwan

  • rice, wheat, corn, soybeans, vegetables, fruit, tea;
  • pigs, poultry, beef, milk;
  • fish catch increasing, reached 1.4 million metric tons in 1988

Thailand

  • rice,
  • cassava (tapioca),
  • rubber,
  • corn,
  • sugarcane,
  • coconuts,
  • soybeans

Vietnam

  • paddy rice, corn, potatoes, rubber, soybeans, coffee, tea, bananas;
  • poultry, pigs;
  • fish

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1997, “Agricultural products”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/agricultural-products/1997.

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