Xinjiang's drought Impacts Tomato Paste Supply Outside US and CN

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Chuin-Wei Yap, Weather in China Puts Squeeze on Ketchup. China Real Time, Oct 17, 2012.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealti ... squeeze-on-ketchup/
(China accounts for about a fifth of the world’s production of tomato paste and is also the world’s biggest tomato paste exporter; China gets most of its tomato paste from tomatoes grown on farms in Xinjiang which is experiencing one of the worst dry spells and halving production; It turns out the US imports only tiny amounts of China’s tomato paste: California is the world’s largest tomato-paste producer, accounting for about a third of global output as well as 96% of US output; China also appears to be relatively insulated from the shortage, in that the nation doesn’t consume much of it: more than 90% of Xinjiang’s tomato-paste production is destined for export)

Note: In Terms of tomato paste, China is world's largest EXPORTER but California is world's largest PRODUCER. Clear now?