Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panama | 74.7 | 76.5 | 85.1 | 65.4 | 55.5 | 55.2 | 61.2 | 67.1 | 69.3 | 71.4 | 68.9 | 66.6 | 70.0 | 52.2 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 17.4 | 73.6 | |
| Paraguay | 63.0 | 52.4 | 25.6 | 39.9 | 59.5 | 60.3 | 56.7 | 65.0 | 65.2 | 62.2 | 62.4 | 61.8 | 62.6 | 60.7 | 65.2 | 68.9 | 63.0 | 70.4 | 69.5 |
| Ecuador | 94.1 | 44.1 | 36.5 | 28.2 | 29.9 | 29.8 | 28.1 | 30.6 | 33.8 | 46.0 | 51.4 | 50.0 | 46.4 | 48.1 | 55.2 | 48.3 | 46.4 | 50.7 | 53.7 |
| Argentina | 74.3 | 43.6 | 46.5 | 49.6 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 54.4 | 54.3 | 59.9 | 62.9 | 59.8 | 54.5 | 58.8 | 64.9 | 54.0 | 59.9 | 52.7 | 48.9 | |
| Brazil | 63.3 | 27.7 | 23.2 | 25.7 | 30.3 | 30.5 | 32.3 | 35.3 | 35.7 | 38.0 | 37.9 | 36.1 | 34.6 | 34.5 | 38.9 | 34.8 | 39.5 | 42.1 | 40.4 |
| Chile | 4.5 | 23.1 | 24.3 | 19.1 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 18.2 | 20.4 | 22.3 | 24.2 | 26.1 | 24.1 | 24.6 | 26.8 | 23.9 | 20.2 | 21.5 | 22.2 | 22.9 |
| Bolivia | 2.7 | 28.4 | 20.2 | 15.1 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 16.2 | 14.2 | 16.3 | 20.3 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 14.3 | 20.5 | 19.3 | 23.1 | 23.8 | 22.2 | |
| Mexico | 39.7 | 11.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 |
| Colombia | 75.0 | 19.0 | 17.2 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 10.6 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 15.5 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 20.4 | 18.2 | 16.4 | 15.7 | ||
| Cuba | 50.0 | 23.3 | 36.8 | 41.6 | 29.8 | 36.4 | 34.1 | 27.4 | 30.7 | ||||||||||
| Peru | 43.5 | 19.2 | 17.0 | 15.4 | 16.2 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 20.1 | 22.5 | 20.8 | 19.4 | 20.2 | 22.6 | 26.0 | 21.7 | 22.7 | 19.9 | ||
| Uruguay | 48.1 | 46.3 | 54.5 | 61.3 | 61.6 | 65.3 | 66.1 | 64.8 | 61.1 | 63.5 | 63.1 | 59.7 | 65.4 | 67.1 | 65.1 | 70.0 | 66.2 | ||
| Venezuela, RB | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |