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[โ€“] nicetriangle@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah we have a grocery delivery business here in the Netherlands that has really low prices and I've heard it's because they ship in a lot of the food directly from Germany. Kind of insane to me that it's cheaper to cart in food from another country than it is to just get it here.

[โ€“] FQQD@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Wth. That's actually kinda fvcked tbh

[โ€“] Draghetta@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Meanwhile in Italy we buy Dutch tomatoes

[โ€“] nicetriangle@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Surprisingly the Netherlands is the 2nd biggest exporter of agricultural products in the world only behind the US. Kind of mind boggling considering how small this country is.