Food imported to US from Chile
 

I know that the United States receives quite a lot winter fruits from
Chile. I would assume that these supplies will be kept in Chile for
the country's own use. Also I guess there is salmon, bass and maybe
other fish imported from Chile. Are there other items we receive from
this country, and will they be in short supply in the coming months.
Hopefully Chile will take care of their own people before exporting
food.

Tom

Food imported to US from Chile
 

> wrote in message
...
> I know that the United States receives quite a lot winter fruits from
> Chile. I would assume that these supplies will be kept in Chile for
> the country's own use. Also I guess there is salmon, bass and maybe
> other fish imported from Chile. Are there other items we receive from
> this country, and will they be in short supply in the coming months.
> Hopefully Chile will take care of their own people before exporting
> food.
>
> Tom

One way to take care of their own people is to export the food and take our
money to buy what they need. The earthquake may destroy some food in a
market today, but if the crops are still growing, they can only eat so much
of the grapes they grow. The rest will be on sale for 99¢ a pound and allow
them to buy other needed goods.

There may be some interruptions since the airport in Santiago is closed, but
fishing boats did not get crushed, farmland did not get squashed. The
fruits will continue to grow. Exporting is on way they take care of their
people.

Food imported to US from Chile
 

In article
>,
" > wrote:

> I know that the United States receives quite a lot winter fruits from
> Chile. I would assume that these supplies will be kept in Chile for
> the country's own use. Also I guess there is salmon, bass and maybe
> other fish imported from Chile. Are there other items we receive from
> this country, and will they be in short supply in the coming months.
> Hopefully Chile will take care of their own people before exporting
> food.
>
> Tom

Good question. I just did a google search on "Chilean imports" and I
received lots of hits. I have to do some errands now, but if you read
through some of the results that this Google search returns, you might
find an answer to your question.

Food imported to US from Chile
 

Michael "Dog3" wrote:

>> One way to take care of their own people is to export the food
and
>> take our money to buy what they need. The earthquake may destroy
some
>> food in a market today, but if the crops are still growing, they
can
>> only eat so much of the grapes they grow. The rest will be on
sale
>> for 99¢ a pound and allow them to buy other needed goods.
>>
>> There may be some interruptions since the airport in Santiago is
>> closed, but fishing boats did not get crushed, farmland did not
get
>> squashed. The fruits will continue to grow. Exporting is on
way
>> they take care of their people.

> I claim total ignorance when it comes to economics and commerce
but
> this makes complete sense to me.

Same here, with a degree in economics :)
--
Vilco
Don't think pink: drink rosé

Food imported to US from Chile
 

In article
>,
" > wrote:

> I know that the United States receives quite a lot winter fruits from
> Chile. I would assume that these supplies will be kept in Chile for
> the country's own use. Also I guess there is salmon, bass and maybe
> other fish imported from Chile. Are there other items we receive from
> this country, and will they be in short supply in the coming months.
> Hopefully Chile will take care of their own people before exporting
> food.
>
> Tom

I've no idea about Chili, but I know that Texas produce prices are
decent even out of season due to imports from Mexico.
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Food imported to US from Chile
 

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> I know that the United States receives quite a lot winter fruits from
>> Chile. I would assume that these supplies will be kept in Chile for
>> the country's own use.


>
> One way to take care of their own people is to export the food and take
> our money to buy what they need. The earthquake may destroy some food in
> a market today, but if the crops are still growing, they can only eat so
> much of the grapes they grow. The rest will be on sale for 99¢ a pound
> and allow them to buy other needed goods.
>
> There may be some interruptions since the airport in Santiago is closed,
> but fishing boats did not get crushed, farmland did not get squashed.
> The fruits will continue to grow. Exporting is on way they take care
> of their people.


In addition to getting foreign currency in trade, exporting the food
provides job at the local level.

gloria p

Food imported to US from Chile
 

On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:27:07 -0700, "gloria.p" >
wrote:

> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> >
> > > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> I know that the United States receives quite a lot winter fruits from
> >> Chile. I would assume that these supplies will be kept in Chile for
> >> the country's own use.
>
>
> >
> > One way to take care of their own people is to export the food and take
> > our money to buy what they need. The earthquake may destroy some food in
> > a market today, but if the crops are still growing, they can only eat so
> > much of the grapes they grow. The rest will be on sale for 99¢ a pound
> > and allow them to buy other needed goods.
> >
> > There may be some interruptions since the airport in Santiago is closed,
> > but fishing boats did not get crushed, farmland did not get squashed.
> > The fruits will continue to grow. Exporting is on way they take care
> > of their people.
>
>
> In addition to getting foreign currency in trade, exporting the food
> provides job at the local level.
>
I guess Hawaii is safe from a tsunami.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10461062-36.html

--
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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Food imported to US from Chile
 

On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:17:39 +0100, ViLco wrote:

> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>
>>> One way to take care of their own people is to export the food
> and
>>> take our money to buy what they need. The earthquake may destroy
> some
>>> food in a market today, but if the crops are still growing, they
> can
>>> only eat so much of the grapes they grow. The rest will be on
> sale
>>> for 99¢ a pound and allow them to buy other needed goods.
>>>
>>> There may be some interruptions since the airport in Santiago is
>>> closed, but fishing boats did not get crushed, farmland did not
> get
>>> squashed. The fruits will continue to grow. Exporting is on
> way
>>> they take care of their people.
>
>> I claim total ignorance when it comes to economics and commerce
> but
>> this makes complete sense to me.
>
> Same here, with a degree in economics :)

i think the basic flaw in economics is that it assumes people are rational
actors in the marketplace. they don't seem to be so in any other realm,
why should they be so there?

your pal,
blake