I'm actually very surprised by these numbers, namely that all other top five importers except the UK are net exporters. My mental image of Netherlands and Germany (where I eat too much meat) was that of huge net importers, whose plant production output was in large parts an echo of the animal feed imports (feed gets converted into meat and dung...). Perhaps they are only net exporters by market value, but net importers by nutrient amount?
I would guess that imports are a small proportion of all animal feed in the UK. UK cattle are grassfed, albeit usually grain finished. ALso the breakdown does not say feed for what animals rather than where from: as the UK is right next to net exporters I imagine most of it comes from neighbours rather than half the planet away.
https://oec.world/en/profile/hs/animal-food
I'm actually very surprised by these numbers, namely that all other top five importers except the UK are net exporters. My mental image of Netherlands and Germany (where I eat too much meat) was that of huge net importers, whose plant production output was in large parts an echo of the animal feed imports (feed gets converted into meat and dung...). Perhaps they are only net exporters by market value, but net importers by nutrient amount?