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by 6510 1201 days ago
> the vast majority of agricultural production in the other countries you mentioned is consumed domestically.

A sensible argument, lets see...

2019 Arable Land (Million Hectares):US 157.7, India 156, Russia 121.6, China 119.5, Brazil 55.8, Nigeria 34, Ukraine 32.9, Argentina 32.6, Netherlands 1

Arable Land/Population (Hectares): US 475 000, Brazil 260 000, China 84 630, Netherlands 57 000

> Agriculture is something like 2% of the economy of the netherlands.

And employs only 2% but for the size of the country it seems quite the accomplishment?

https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/universi...

But laugh a little, we sell more Cheese than France and Italy!

2020 top exporters of Cheese (billions): Germany $4.79, Netherlands $4.11, Italy $3.57, France $3.49, Denmark $1.71

And more beer than Germany!

2020 top exporters of Beer (billions): Mexico $4.89, Belgium $2.08, Netherlands $2.08, Germany $1.28, US $0.503

You see how I'm making your point for you?

Perhaps semiconductors from Hong Kong is a better example.