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 | 10.0 | 11.6 | 12.5 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 14.4 | 18.2 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 18.7 | |
| Chile | 14.6 | 4.4 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 12.3 |
| Ecuador | 7.9 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 12.2 |
| Argentina | 5.8 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 10.7 | 9.1 | |
| Paraguay | 19.1 | 8.0 | 16.7 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.8 |
| Bolivia | 20.2 | 13.5 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 10.8 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 7.5 | |
| Mexico | 7.4 | 14.6 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.5 |
| Brazil | 10.9 | 9.4 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| Colombia | 7.7 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 10.3 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 15.2 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 14.4 | ||
| Cuba | 15.8 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 21.0 | 19.5 | 22.4 | 26.0 | 26.6 | 25.2 | ||||||||||
| Peru | 20.1 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 14.0 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 12.5 | ||
| Uruguay | 12.7 | 11.5 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 15.7 | ||
| Venezuela, RB | 10.4 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 9.9 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 18.4 |