Question by maxpayne_lhp: How to find data on China’s agricultural net export?
Hi, I am trying to understand some important determinants for the Chinese Great Famine… I do know that during several years of the Great Leap Forward, China still exported quite a bit of grain, despite the fact that startvation started to loom the country. I wonder where I can find some historical data for China’s net export of grain over that time frame? Thanks.

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Answer by Serg
page 100: “… procure corn at the contract price. In late summer, corn exports were officially banned. After having oscillated between small net exports and imports of grain during the last 20 years, China may be about to …”

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