• Grown by the South Americans
• Discovered by Columbus
• Introduced to Europe and spread due to its high content of Vitamins and nutritious values.
• Used to cure scurvy

• Pineapple can not be cultivated in Europe due to the climate
• It was used for medicinal purposes

• Belgium: Brazil, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica
• Poland: Brazil, Malaysia, Thailand
• Norway: Costa Rica, eastern and western
Africa
• Uk: Ghana, Brazil, Hawaii and Costa Rica

• Similarities:
– Brazil: Cheapest
– Costa Rica: FairTrade

• By ship: large cargo vessels with cooled areas where the pineapples are stored.
• By plane: not used a lot because it costs lots of money
• By haulage: cooled areas

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• In Pre-historic times it was discovered that when milk turns sour the white curd tastes good and keeps well
• Cheese is a fermented milk product when milk is coagulated
• Usually it is made from cow’s milk however there are many varieties

• Different countries make different cheese with a different taste
• So therefore imported to expand the cheese market.
• Most countries produce cheese locally so import is limited.

• Belgium: France, England, Germany, Italy,
Greece, Switzerland
• Norway: Italy, Denmark, Greece
• Poland: France, England, Italy, Greece
• Uk: France, Italy, Greece, Norway

• Similarities: Country’s specialties are imported to get the original and unique taste into most markets.

• Haulages: transported by cooled haulages
• By ship: With large cooled areas
• The cheese is covered with wax when transported to prevent extra mould or fungi growing.

• Discovered in 1650
• First edible mushrooms discovered in 1707
• Grew on melon horticultures of rotting melons

• Most mushrooms available to buy in Iceland, Germany and Belgium are cultivated in their own country.
• Other mushrooms are imported from different countries as we are unable to cultivate them.
• Reasons for importing include: the climate and wide variety of mushrooms.

• Examples of different types of mushrooms:
Shii Take Oyster mushroom

Germany
• From Germany itself in Rechterfeld, by refrigerated trucks
• From France, by refrigerated trucks
• From The United Kingdom, by refrigerated containers on ship

Iceland
• From Iceland itself, in Fludir, by refrigerated trucks
• From The Netherlands, by flight
• From Poland, by flight
Belgium
• From Belgium itself, in West Flandres and
Limburg, by refrigerated trucks
• From The Netherlands, by refrigerated trucks
• From Poland, by refrigerated trucks

Because we can’t cultivate all kind of fruits in our countries, for instance
- Oranges
- grapes
- pineapple
- bananas
…

Germany
• From Florida, by refrigerated containers on a ship
• From Brazil, by refrigerated containers on a ship
• From Germany itself, only apple juice
Iceland
• From Austria, by ship
• From Italy, by ship
• From Germany, by ship
• From Denmark, by ship

Belgium
• From Florida, by refrigerated containers on a ship
• From Brazil, by refrigerated containers on a ship

• Salmon is a freshwater fish that is able to live in the sea as well.
• When it’s breeding time they swim up the river to drop their eggs.
• Salmons are only found North of the equator.
• They only lay their eggs in cold, faststreaming water.
• Because nature can’t provide the salmon that is needed to supply the demand, so now salmons are bred in fish farms.

• We import salmon because there isn’t any salmon in Belgium and Hungary.
• Because our European climate is too warm.
• Our rivers are too polluted.

• A big choice of salmon can be found in Norway, Scotland and Canada
• It is transported by ship to the harbour of Antwerp.
• Then it is moved by truck and haulage.

• Belgium, Hungary don’t import pigs or import only from their neighbours.
• Belgium and Hungary have always been agricultural countries and had their own livestock keeping. So
European countries export pigs to Asia and other countries.

• From pig farms in West- Flanders.
• In West- Flanders there live more pigs than there live people.
• The main city in Hungary where pigs are bred is Pécs.

• In Belgium and Hungary we import mineral water because there are not enough natural springs to supply the demand for mineral water.
• We can’t purify unhealthy water because that’s too expensive.

• We have to import our water from regions near mountains or with lots of natural sources.
• Belgium imports mineral water from France and Hungary from Poland or Italy.
• The water is transported by truck to the local market and is mostly sold in glass or plastic bottles.

• We produce our basic food in our own countries or we import it from other countries of Europe
• Tropical food, or food we can’t cultivate ourselves, we import from non-European countries
• Each country has a complex import and export system to supply the demand within that country

• Brita Ramsevik Riksem  Norway
• Mehrnoush Rad  UK
• Thuridur Elisa Hardardottir  Iceland
• Michal Strzala  Poland
• Luca Butala  Hungary
• Konstantin Bünte  Germany
• Manu Christiaens  Belgium
• Eveline Vandeputte  Belgium
• Laurent Cuvelier  Belgium