The U.S. exported $276.2 billion worth of products to Mexico to in 2017.
President Donald Trump walked back threats to close the southern border on Thursday, saying he would give Mexico a"one-year warning" to stop the flow drugs coming into the U.S.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Pork Producers Council were among the groups that warned against closing the border. The National Farmers Union said a closure would be"disastrous" and that doing so"would effectively cripple trade with U.S. agriculture’s top trading partner."
In the same year, Mexico received 29 percent of U.S. corn exports, 24 percent of dairy product exports, 23 percent of pork and pork product exports, 22 percent of poultry meat exports, 14 percent of wheat exports, 13 percent of beef and beef product exports and 7 percent of soybean exports, according to the Farm Credit Administration.Corn was the most profitable export, according to the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Trade System.
Statistics from the Farm Credit Administration show that the U.S. exported $1 billion in beef and beef products to Mexico in 2017.
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