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Table 2 Top 3 imported foods by country

From: Trade as a structural driver of dietary risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in the Pacific: an analysis of household income and expenditure survey data

Country

Top 3 products (% of food expenditure)

Share of food expenditure on item out of total imported foods

Share of food expenditure on item out of total food expenditure

Top 3 products (kcal pcae/day intake)

Share of kcal intake per item out of total imported foods

Share of kcal intake per item out of total kcal intake

Kiribati

Rice

43%

23%

Sugar

48%

34%

 

Sugar

25%

13%

Rice

27%

20%

 

Flour

6%

3%

Flour

11%

8%

Solomon

Rice

57%

17%

Rice

53%

10%

Islands

Noodles

13%

4%

Flour

13%

3%

 

Sugar

7%

2%

Sugar

12%

2%

Vanuatu

Rice

40%

12%

Rice

34%

6%

 

Tinned tuna

10%

3%

Sugar

22%

4%

 

Bread

7%

2%

Bread

12%

2%

Samoa

Rice

27%

11%

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

Margarine

20%

8%

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

Bread and Noodles

10%

4%

n/a

n/a

n/a

Tonga

Mutton

19%

10%

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

Poultry

12%

6%

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

Cooked meat

10%

5%

n/a

n/a

n/a