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Ngokusho kwedatha yakamuva evela eMnyangweni Wezolimo wase-US (i-USDA), inani lokuthunyelwa kwamazambane e-US likhuphuke kuzo zonke izinhlobo zamazambane kusukela ngoJulayi kuya kuDisemba 2022. Sekukonke, ukuthunyelwa kwamazambane e-US kufinyelele ku-$ 1.6 billion ngalesi sikhathi, kusuka ku-$ 1.4 billion. ngesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2021. Ukukhula kokuthunyelwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe kwaqhutshwa yinhlanganisela yezinto, okuhlanganisa isidingo esinamandla esisuka ezimakethe ezibalulekile ezithumela ngaphandle, izinga lokushintshisana elivumayo, kanye nezimo zezulu ezivumayo ezathuthukisa isivuno sezitshalo.
Phakathi kwezinhlobo zamazambane ezibone ukukhula okunamandla kwamanye amazwe amazambane afriziwe namazambane amasha. Amazambane aqandisiwe, ikakhulukazi, abone ukwanda kwenani lokuthekelisa ngo-17% uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2021. Ukukhula kokuthunyelwa kwamazambane aqandisiwe kwabangelwa ukwanda kwesidingo esivela eMexico, eCanada naseJapan. Ukuthunyelwa kwamazambane amasha, ngakolunye uhlangothi, kukhuphuke ngo-7% senani lokuthekelisa, ngesidingo esinamandla esivela eCanada naseMexico.
Ngokwezimakethe ezithunyelwa ngaphandle, iMexico yayiyindawo ehamba phambili yokuthunyelwa kwamazambane aseMelika, ibalwa nama-25% akho konke ukuthunyelwa kwamazambane aseMelika ngaleso sikhathi. ICanada ibiyimakethe yesibili ngobukhulu yokuthekelisa, ibalwa ngama-21% akho konke ukuthunyelwa kwamazambane aseMelika, ilandelwa yiJapan, iSouth Korea neTaiwan.
Imakethe yokuthekelisa amazambane aseMelika ikhula ngamandla, iqhutshwa yizici ezifana nesidingo esinamandla esivela ezimakethe ezibalulekile zokuthumela ngaphandle, izinga lokushintshisana elivumayo, kanye nezimo zezulu ezivumayo. Abalimi, izazi zezolimo namahlathi, onjiniyela bezolimo, abanikazi bamapulazi, nososayensi abasebenza kwezolimo kufanele bawubhekisise lo mkhuba futhi bacabangele amathuba okwandisa ukuthengisa kwabo kwamanye amazwe ezimakethe ezibalulekile njengeMexico, Canada, Japan, South Korea, neTaiwan.