La+Comida+de+Uruguay

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· Is [|food production] a major industry in the country? Food processing is a major industry in Uruguay. · What [|fruits, vegetables, grains, and animals are grown or raised the country and in what regions]? They grow rice, wheat, soybeans, and barley. Livestock and beef are animals that are grown and raised in Uruguay. · Is there a fishing industry, and if so, what animals are harvested? There is a fishing industry. They catch tuna, sardines, Argentine hake, Atlantic Croaker, and Stripped Weakfish. They process all kinds of fish except the anchovy.

What food products must be imported and from where? They import meat products from these places Brazil, Argentina, United States, China, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Chile, France, and Venezuela.

Used CIA World Fact Book for the first two! · Is food production a major industry in the country? Food processing is a major industry in Uruguay. · What fruits, vegetables, grains, and animals are grown or raised the country and in what regions?  They grow rice, wheat, soybeans, and barley. Livestock and beef are animals that are grown and raised in Uruguay. · Is there a fishing industry, and if so, what animals are harvested? There is a fishing industry. They catch tuna, sardines, Argentine hake, Atlantic Croaker, and Stripped Weakfish. They process all kinds of fish except the anchovy.

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What food products must be imported and from where? They import meat products from these places Read more: [] · What foods are exported and to where? They export frozen and fresh beef, soybeans, wool, citrus fruits, frozen fish, fish fillets, meat of sheep and goats, prepared and preserved meats, concentrated milk and cream, butter, wheat, raw animal fats and guts, honey, prepared and preserved fish, meat of horses, milk, shell fish, barley, buttermilk, apples and pears, fresh fish, fruit and vegetable juice, wine, soybean meal, wheat flour, bread, pastry and cakes, seeds, and lots more! []
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 * Argentina ||
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 * <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Bell Gothic Std Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">China (inc. Hong Kong) ||
 * <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Bell Gothic Std Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Germany ||
 * <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Bell Gothic Std Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">United Kingdom ||
 * <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Bell Gothic Std Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Italy ||
 * <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Bell Gothic Std Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Spain ||
 * <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Bell Gothic Std Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Chile ||
 * <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Bell Gothic Std Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">France ||
 * <span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: 'Bell Gothic Std Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Venezuela ||

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">[|9 percent of Uruguay's population raises food. Livestock ranches cover 3/4 of the land. While 24 percent of people suffer from poverty.]

<span style="color: #ff0ab5; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">[|People in Uruguay have a different diet than we do.Uruguayans are known to eat lots and lots of meat. Parrillada is a beef platter and is one of the national dishes. There are two more national dishes which are chivito (steak sandwich) and pasta. The reason pasta is a national dish is because some communities in Uruguay have Itallian immagrants in them and they like to eat their traditional foods. Other places where most of the Uruguayans live eat meat and Grappamiel, the national drink].