Why is agricultural trade increasingly concentrated in a few developed countries?

Basic regional characteristics of the international market of world agricultural products;

1, Asia, Africa, Latin America and North America have always been the export areas of agricultural products, while Western Europe is the main import market of agricultural products in the world. 2, but in recent years, this traditional agricultural trade direction has changed. Some Asian countries and regions have experienced rapid economic development and great changes have taken place in agricultural trade.

3. The establishment of the European Union and the implementation of the * * * agricultural policy have made agriculture in Europe, especially in Western Europe, develop rapidly and become the most concentrated place for the import and export trade of agricultural products in the world; The main agricultural products have not only changed from shortage to self-sufficiency, but also have a large amount of surplus for export. Due to fierce competition from the European Union, the export status of North America has declined.

The United States has always been a big producer and exporter of agricultural products in the world, and its export volume generally accounts for about one-fifth of the world's export volume.

5. At present, the trade pattern of import and export agricultural products in various countries has changed; The monopoly position of American agricultural products export has also been affected; The EU has gradually become an important exporter of agricultural products. Trade is increasingly concentrated in a few developed countries. In the past, most developed countries mainly exported industrial products, while developing countries mainly exported agricultural products.