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Entrance façade of the old United Fruit Building at 321 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. The United Fruit Company (later the United Brands Company) was an American multinational corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas) grown on Latin American plantations and sold in the United States and Europe.
When complete, the list below will include all food plants native to the Americas (genera marked with a dagger † are endemic), regardless of when or where they were first used as a food source. For a list of food plants and other crops which were only introduced to Old World cultures as a result of the Columbian Exchange touched off by the ...
State pie. Apple pie, required by law to be served with: a glass of cold milk, a slice of cheddar cheese weighing a minimum of 1/2 ounce, or. a large scoop of vanilla ice cream. 1999 [ 107][ 108] State vegetable. Gilfeather Turnip.
Mangosteen is the national fruit of Thailand. It is also known as the ‘Queen of Fruits’. It is available from May until August. Mangosteen is called ‘Mangkhud’ in Thai language. Turkey: Sultana Grapes: Vitis vinifera [citation needed] Turkmenistan: Watermelon: Citrullus lanatus [citation needed] United Arab Emirates: Dates: Phoenix ...
In political science, the term banana republic describes a politically and economically unstable country with an economy dependent upon the export of natural resources. In 1904, American author O. Henry coined the term [ 1][ 2] to describe Guatemala and Honduras under economic exploitation by U.S. corporations, such as the United Fruit Company ...
The following is a list and analysis of imports into the United States for 2020 and 2019 in millions of United States dollars. [1] [2] The United States imported $2,810.6 billion worth of goods and services in 2020, down $294.5 billion from 2019. This consisted of $2,350.6 billion worth of goods and $460.1 billion worth of services.
The following is a list and analysis of exports from the United States in United States dollars. [1] [2] The United States exported $3,051.8 billion worth of goods and services in 2023, up $396.4 billion from 2022. Exports of goods decreased by $37.2 billion while exports of services increased by $70.6 billions.
The following list, derived from the statistics of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), lists the most valuable agricultural products produced by the countries of the world. [1] The data in this article, unless otherwise noted, was reported for 2016.