Because we use it for everything including the growing of corn used to make ethanol.
The Philippines are the world's largest coconut producer.
It is Chile that is the world's largest producer of copper, mining some 35 percent of the world output. The US (a net copper importer), Indonesia and Peru are the second, third and fourth largest producers. Use the link below to check these facts and learn more about copper.
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India is the second largest producer of sugarcane in the world, the first position is held by Brazil.
Vietnam is the largest producer of cashew nuts though India is the largest exporter, while USA is the largest consumer of cashew nuts
the world's third largest producer of nuclear capacity is Japan.
The third largest food producer in the world is Kraft
Exporting basic metals and chemicals provides about 25 percent of jobs and 95 percent of exports. While crops from the agriculture sector provides about 30 percent of the jobs and about 3 percent of exports. Turkey has 60 different minerals that are produced in Turkey. Natural resources - minerals: · antimony · Bauxite · Boron salts - richest mineral deposit - 72% of the world's total · Chromite · Copper · Chrome · Gold · Iron · Lead · Manganese · mercury · Pyrites · sulfer · Zinc Raw materials : · Aluminum · Coal · Cement · Fertilizers · Limestone · Oil · Natural gas · Steel Agriculture: · Almond - eighth largest producer · Apples - sixth largest producer · Apricot - world's largest producer · Barley - seventh largest producer · Cherry - world's largest producer · Chickpeas - second largest producer · Cotton - seventh largest producer · Cucumber - second largest producer · Eggplant - third largest producer · Fig- world's largest producer · Grapefruit - ninth largest producer · Green pepper - third largest producer · Hazelnuts - world's largest producer · Lemon - tenth largest producer · lentil - third largest producer · Olives - fourth largest producer · Onion - fourth largest producer · pistacchio - third largest producer · Pomegranate - world's largest producer · Rye - ninth largest producer · Sugar beets - fifth largest producer · Tomatoes - third largest producer · Tea - sixth largest producer · Tobacco - sixth largest producer · Watermelon - second largest producer · Wheat - ninth largest producer
The third largest oil producer in the world is the United States. The US has been increasing its oil production in recent years due to advancements in technology like hydraulic fracturing.
The United States is the world's largest producer of corrugated and solid fiber boxes, and as of the late 1990s, it accounted for more than a third of total world volume.
The United States is the largest producer of corn in the world. The state of Iowa is the largest producer in the US.
Malaysiapresently Thailand is the largest producer of rubber in the world.
The Philippines are the world's largest coconut producer.
China is currently the largest producer of magnesium. After China is Russia and Canada.
China's largest import is electronic equipment. Their second largest import is oil. China is the second richest country in the world.
Canada is now the largest producer of uranium - approx. 25 % of the world production.
Most statistics show that the United States is the third leading cotton producer in the world (after China an India), and the largest producer in North America.